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CLASS OF 1897 



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CLASS OF J897 



Rutgers College 



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Compiled by 

George A. Osborn 

New Brunswick, N. J. 

May, 1917. 



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JAMES EDWARD ASHMEAD. 

Son of John P. Ashmead, civil engineer and surveyor, who has taken 
a prominent part in the development of Atlantic City and in the public 
affairs of Atlantic County, and of Mary Caroline Collins Ashmead. Born 
on May 20, 1878, at Philadelphia, Pa. The Ashmead family has been 
prominent in Philadelphia and its neighborhood since colonial days. The 
founder, John Ashmead, came from Gloucester, England in 1682 and 
settled in Pennsylvania on land purchased from William Penn. Mother 
descended from pioneer physician, Richard Collins, who settled in At- 
lantic County previous to the Revolutionary War, in which he served as 
captain. Resided in Pleasantville, N. J. before entering college. Pre- 
pared for college in the Atlantic County Public Schools from which he 
graduated at 12 years of age, and entered college at 15 ; took senior final 
examinations a few days after 19th birthday. Won Bowser Engineering 
Thesis Prize. Secretary of Philo in Freshman year. First heutenant 
Rutgers Cadet Corps; miember class baseball team and track team, and 
class relay team which never lost a race. For three years after gradu- 
ation, employed in Atlantic Coimty Clerk's office, and Uved at Pleasant- 
ville, N. J. from 1897 to August, 1900. Decided to study law and imme- 
diately entered the Law School of Harvard University, graduating in 
1903. Entered the law offices of Lindabury, Depue & Faulks, Pruden- 
tial Building, Newark, N. J. After serving the required clerkship ad- 
mitted to the New Jersey Bar as an attorney in November, 1904, and as 
a counselor in November, 1907. Associated with the firm of Lindabury, 
Depue & Faulks since 1903, and a member of the firm since January 1, 
1914. Has resided since 1900 at Cambridge, Mass., September, 1900- 
June, 1903; Newark, N. J., June, 1903-July, 1914; 36 Hawthorne Ave- 
nue, East Orange, N. J., 1914 to date. Received degrees from Rutgers, 
B.Sc. (1897) ; M.Sc. (1903), and from Harvard, LL.B (1903). Mem- 
ber of Rutgers Alumni Association of Newark ; of the Harvard Qub of 
New Jersey ; of the Essex County Lawyers Club ; and of the New Jersey 
State Bar Association. Member of Munn Avenue Presb)1:erian Church, 
East Orange, N. J. Politics, Republican. Avocation, travel, boating and 
fishing. Married on October 5, 1911, at West Stockbridge, Berkshire 
County, Mass., to Rachael Elizabeth Curtis, daughter of Walter Wells 
and Francis Brown Curtis, and a descendant of Elder Brewster of the 
"Mayflower" party. Children, Curtis Ashmead, born January 26, 1913, 
and John Holland Ashmead, born November 12, 1914. 



4 Class of 1897. 

FREDERICK HARVEY BLODGETT. 

Son of James Harvey Blodgett, educator, and Mary Calburn Brown ^ 
Blodgett, both of whom are descended from captains and colonels in the 
Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Born at Rockford, Illinois, on Septem- 
ber 12, 1872. Resided before entering college at Rockford, 111., and 
Washington, D. C. Prepared for college at the Friends School in Wash- 
ington, 1888; Central High School, Washington, 1889-1893. Was at 
first doubtful about college course on account of general ill health. Edi- 
tor of Targum in Senior year ; editor-in-chief third term of Senior year, 
1896-97. After graduation attended Johns Hopkins University, 1906-10. 
Residences since leaving college: Geneva, N. Y., 1899-00; New York, 
Bronx Park, 1900-01; College Park, Md., 1901-06; Baltimore, Md., 
1906-10; Salem, Va., 1910-12; College Station, Texas, 1912-to date. Oc- 
cupations since graduation : graduate student, 1897-99 ; assistant botanist, 
Geneva Experiment Station, 1899-00; New York Botanical Gardens, 
1900-01; assistant pathologist, Maryland Agricultural College, 1901-06; 
assistant in botany Johns Hopkins University (Graduate student) 1906- 
10; acting professor of biology, Roanoke College, 1910-12; plant patho- 
logist, Texas Experiment Station, 1912-to date. Received degrees of 
M.S. (Rutgers, 1899); Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, 1910). Mem- 
ber of Congregational Church. Politics, Independent. Married on Janu- 
ary 28, 1898, in Grace Church, New York City, Mary Van Horn Van 
Nortwick, daughter of William B. and Maria Holthuysen Van Nortwick. 
Child, Evelyn Dennison Keep Blodgett, born October 1, 1908. Publica- 
tions : contributions to Botanical Gazette and Torrey Botanical Club Bul- 
letin, and Plant World, Section on Agriculture in Vol. HI, of the Mary- 
land Weather Service — "Maryland Plant Life," Johns Hopkins Univer-" 
sity publication, 1910. Member of Botanical Society of America; Ameri- 
can Phytopathological Society; Fellow, American Association for the 
Advancement of Science. 

CHARLES FERDINAND BRENN. 

Son of Fred. Brenn. Born May 13, 1875, at Newark, N. J. Pre- 
pared for college at Newark High School, and Renssalaer Polytechnic 
Institute. Attended Rutgers 1893-1895. 

JAMES FRANCIS BRIODY. 

Son of Philip Briody. Born at Paterson, N. J., August 5, 1876. Pre- 
pared for college at Paterson High School. Attended Rutgers 1893-94. 
Attended Columbia University where he studied medicine; graduated in 
1898 with degree of M.D. City Physician, Paterson, N. J., 1907-15; 
member of the Board of Health, Paterson, N. J., 1907-15. Practising 
physician. 



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GEORGE WASHINGTON BROWN. 

Son of Thomas S. R. Brown, builder, merchant, New jersey State 
assemblyman and senator, and of Maria L. Hunt Brown. Born at Key- 
port, N. J., on November 8, 1876. FamiUes of ancestors on both paternal 
and maternal sides settled in this country previous to the Revolution and 
members of families on both sides served in the American Army during 
the Revolutionary War. Prepared for college at Keyport Graded School 
(now High School), from which he graduated in 1892. Member of Phi 
Beta Kappa ; Delta Phi fraternity. After graduating attended New York 
Law School, 2 years; served an apprenticeship in law office of Frank P. 
McDermott, Jersey City, N. J. Admitted to Bar as attorney in February, 
1902. Resided in Keyport since birth. Occupation since leaving college : 
practiced law ; director of Keyport Banking Company ; secretary and at- 
torney for the Second Keyport Loan Association; attorney for borough 
of Keyport, one year ; attorney for Raritan Township, one year. Member 
of Finance Committee of Cesarea Lodge, F. & A. M. ; member of Board 
of Governors of Ke}^port Yacht Club; chairman of Finance Committee 
of Keyport Yacht Club ; member of Rutgers Club of New Brunswick ; of 
Keyport Social Club; of Keyport Free Public Library Association, and 
of Monmouth County Bar Association. Member of the Episcopal 
Church. Democrat in politics. 

JOHN NEILSON CARPENDER. 

Son of John Neilson Carpender, manufacturer and Trustee of Rut- 
gers College, and Anna Neilson Kemp Carpender. John Neilson, great 
great grandfather was a Brigadier General in the Revolutionary Army. 
Born at New Brunswick, N. J., on January 16, 1875. Prepared for col- 
lege at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., 1885-93. President of Senior 
Class; member of varsity football team, 1893-96; Delta Phi Fraternity. 
After graduating, joined Lieutenant Peary and explored and himted in 
the far North through the summer and fall. After that, attended the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, three years, when 
a serious illness interrupted his medical studies. Then went into the pub- 
lishing business, being located at 110 West 34th Street, New York City. 
Member of the Episcopal Church. Republican. Avocation, fishing. 
Relative among Rutgers alumni, father, John Neilson Carpender, '66; 
brothers, Henry de la B. Carpender, '05, and William Carpender, 2nd, 
'12. 

RAYMOND VAN ARSDALE CARPENTER. 

Son of Henry Winfield Carpenter, interested in life insurance, and 
EUzabeth Van Arsdale Carpenter. Born on May 7, 1875, at Jersey City, 
N. J. Prepared at North Plainfield Public School, 1885-91, and Plain- 
field High School, '93, for college. Won honorable mention Tunis Quick 



6 Class of 1897. 

Prize; wan Suydam Prize in Composition; elected to Phi Beta Kappa. 
Was secretary, treasurer, and vice president of Philo; historian, secre- 
tary-treasurer, and president of Chess Club; Second Lieutenant Rutgers 
Cadet Corps ; Tar gum editor and class historian, Junior year ; class bowl- 
ing team; college bowling team; winner featherweight boxing, indoor 
meet, '96 ; second prize, handball tournament, '97. Resided before enter- 
ing college at Jersey City, four years, and Plainfield, N. J., where he is 
still living. Member of Delta Upsilon fraternity. After graduation 
held position of clerk in Actuary Division of the Metropolitan Life In- 
surance Company, New York City, February, 1898- January, 1909 ; made 
Assistant Actuary, January 4, 1909; passed examination for Associate- 
ship in the Actuarial Society of America, 1902, and for Fellowship in 
1905 ; served three years on Examination Committee of the Society, one 
year as one of the chairmen ; now entering 9th year as Assistant Actuary 
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Received degrees, M.Sc. 
(Rutgers, 1904) ; F.A.S. (by examination, 1905). Trustee and chairman 
of Plouse Committee of Park Golf Club, of North Plainfield ; Park Golf 
Club champion, 1911. Member of Presbyterian church. Republican. 
Avocation, golf. Unmarried. Relatives among Rutgers alumni, grand- 
father, Hezekiah G. Carpenter '37; imcle, John K. Van Arsdale '64. 
Publications, contributions to Transactions of the Actuarial Society of 
America. _^ 

CLIFFORD PHILIP CASE. 

Son of Philip Case, dry goods merchant, and Amanda Van Doren 
Edwards. Bom October 22, 1873 at Jersey City, N. J. Paternal ances- 
try largely Dutch (Somerset County, N. J.), and German of Palatinate 
immigration of 1730. Maternal ancestry Welch and Dutch (Middlesex 
County, N. J.). Before entering college lived at Jersey City, Somerville, 
and Paterson, N. J. Prepared for college at Paterson High School, 
1887, and Paterson Classical and Scientific School, 1890-93. Left high 
school at fourteen and worked imtil seventeen in insurance and 
banking offices. During tw^o of three years of college preparation, 
worked for half of school days and all Saturdays in office as partial self- 
support. This training proved of great value ever since, in habits of 
work and application, in understanding of human nature and in value of 
time and money. Won Freshman Classical Entrance second prize ; Bar- 
bour Freshman Speaking second prize ; Sophomore Hart English Litera- 
ture Prize; ^ Smith Memorial Declamation Prize, in Sophomore year; 
was appointed to Phi Beta Kappa in Junior year, and was Junior Orator, 
winning honorable mention. In Senior year won third Classical Honor; 
3^ Laflin Metaphysics Prize, and Bussing Prize Extempo Speaking. Was 
a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and of the Glee Club in Freshman 
and Senior years. Was Captain of Junior Class Football Team; busi- 



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ness manager of the Tar gum in Senior year ; stroke on class crew, Junior 
and Senior years; member of varsity track team, and captain, 1895-96; 
class prophet Senior Class Day exercises. After graduation attended 
New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1897-1900; Union Theological 
Seminary, part term 1900, specializing in Church History. Licensed to 
preach by Classis of New Brunswick, 1900; ordained as Assistant Pas- 
tor of West End Collegiate Reformed Church by Classis of New York, 
November 14, 1900. Residences since leaving college: New York City, 
September 1900-January, 1902, Assistant Pastor, West End Collegiate 
Reformed Church; Franklin Park, N. J., January, 1902-September, 1907 
Pastor, Reformed Church of Six-Mile Run; Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 
Pastor, First Reformed Church, October, 1907- January, 1914, at which 
time the First and Second Churches merged into the Reformed Dutch 
Church of Poughkeepsie, and Pastor of the united church since January, 
1914. Received degrees from Rutgers: A.B. (1897), M.A. (1900), and 
from Hope College: D.D. (1916). Member of Board of Domestic Mis- 
sions, Reformed Church of America, 1912 to date; member of Board of 
Superintendents, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1914 to date; 
member of Board of Trustees of Vassar Institute, Poughkeepsie; mem- 
ber of Board of Trustees of Pringle Home, Poughkeepsie; permanent 
clerk of General Synod of Reformed Church of America, June 1915 to 
date; member of Board of Directors, Associated Charities, Poughkeep- 
sie. Progressive Republican in politics. Avocation, fishing. Married on 
December 9, 1902, in New York City, Jeanette McAlpin Benedict, daugh- 
ter of WilUston H. and Harriet Smith Sturges Benedict. Children : Clif- 
ford Philip, Jr., born April 16, 1904; EHzabeth, born May 20, 1905; 
Williston Benedict, bom March 8, 1908; Harriet Sturges, born June 3, 
1909; Jeanette Benedict, born March 10, 1911; Adelaide McAlpin, born 
June 9, 1912. Relatives among Rutgers alumni: brother, Clarence Ed- 
ward Case, 1900; cousins, William Conger, 1896, Frederick W. Conger, 
1902. Publications: "Can the Particular Synods be Made Worth 
While,'' Christian Intelligencer, May 18, 1900; "Retrospect" and "Pros- 
pect,'* two sermons in pamphlet form, January, 1907; "Southerly Line 
of Somerset Before the Revolution," Somerset Historical Quarterly, 
1912, and articles on history of the Reformed Church of Poughkeepsie 
appearing at various dates in Poughkeepsie Eagle and Poughkeepsie 
Courier, 

HUBERT MILLS CHESTER. 

Son of Captain Frank S. Chester, of Bridgeport, Alabama. Born in 
Florida, April 3, 1873. Before entering college lived at New Brunswick, 
N. J. Prepared for college at Cuyahoga Falls School, Cuyahoga Falls, 
Ohio. Entered Rutgers as a special student in Chemistry, and remained 
but a very short time. Dentist. 



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WILLIAM BURTON COLLIER. 

Son of Albert V. D. Collier, xVI.D., and L. Jennie Webber Collier. 
Father was 1st Lieutenant 15th New York Engineers. Born on Febru- 
ary 18, 1871, at Catskill, N. Y. Lived before entering college at Cats- 
kill, and Coxsackie, N. Y. Prepared for college at Coxsackie High 
School and Rutgers Preparatory School, four years. Was captain of 
"Trap" (Rutgers Prep School) football team, three years. Played on 
college varsity football team. Attended Rutgers 1893-94. President of 
Freshman class; member of Zeta Psi fraternity. After leaving college 
attended Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, Pa., graduating in 
1900. Residence since leaving college, Pueblo, Colo., one year ; Catskill, 
N. Y., six years ; Denver, Colo., nine years. Now a practicing physician 
at Denver, Colo., and owner and superintendent of Littleton Hospital, 
Littleton, Colo. Received degree of M.D. (1900). Member of Dutch 
Reformed Church. Politics, Democrat. Avocation, football and boxing. 
Married on February 18, 1905 (?), at Denver, Colo., Frona Stone Mc- 
Kean, daughter of Charles Berry and Urania E. Dayton McKean. Chil- 
dren: Albert McKean Collier, born January 17, 1907; Burton Webber 
Colher, born March 23, 1909: Lee Dayton Collier, born March 27, 1911. 

MORRISON CROSBY COLYER. 

Son of Charles Colyer, who from time of completion of school days 
until his death was connected with Firemen's Insurance Company of 
Newark, being for many years prior to his death, November 10, 1913, 
vice president cUid treasurer thereof, and Caroline S. Greenhalgh Colyer. 
Born in Newark, N. J., November 9, 1876, where he has always lived. 
Prepared for college at Newark Public schools, and graduated from 
Newark High School in 1893. Member of Chi Psi Fraternity; T N E, 
and Philo. Secretary Athletic Association, Sophomore year; Cremation 
Committee; Junior Promenade Committee; Scarlet Letter editor; Tar- 
gum editor; scrub football team. Senior year; delegate toi Middle States 
Football League, Sophomore year. After graduation, studied law in the 
office of Guild, Lum & Sommer, in Newark, being admitted to the bar in 
February, 1899. Became a member of the firm with whom he studied, 
the firm name then being Guild, Lum & Tamblyn and subsequently 
changed to Lum, Tamblyn & Colyer. Studied law at New York Uni- 
versity. Received degrees, M.Sc. (Rutgers, 1900) ; LL.B. (N. Y. U., 
1900). Director and of counsel of City Trust Company of Newark; of 
counsel and director of Firemen's Insurance Company of Newark; di- 
rector and counsel of the Girard Fire and Marine Insurance Company; 
director and counsel of Mechanics Insurance Company, of Philadelphia. 
Member of Protestant Episcopal Church, being a member of the Ves- 
tries of Trinity Church, Newark, and of the Church of the Holy Apos- 
tles at Belmar ; treasurer of the City Mission of Newark. RepubUcan in 



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politics, being a member of the Republican County Committee. Mar- 
ried at Orange, N. J., on April 29, 1901, Jessie A. Jones. Children: Isa- 
bel, Jane Marshall, and Marjory. Member of the Essex Club, Down 
Town Club and Lawyers Club of Essex County. 

DAVID ABRAHAM CONOVER. 

Son of Abraham Nevius Conover, farmer and Justice of the Peace, 
and Gertrude Nevius. Descended on both paternal and maternal sides 
from Johannes Nevius, who arrived in New Amsterdam (N. Y.) from 
Holland in 1650, and lived at what is now 86 Broadway, N. Y. ; also of 
French ancestry, De le Fontaine, farmer in Brooklyn had farm of 200 
acres on which City Hall now stands, deed to which is in the Conovers' 
possession. Born at Raritan Landing, New Brunswick, N. J., on Octo- 
ber 14, 1874. Lived before entering college at Raritan Landing and on 
a farm near New Market, N. J. (3 miles from New Brunswick), three 
years. Prepared for college at Livingston Avenue High School, Rut- 
gers Preparatory School, '93, and also three years in country school at 
Newtown, N. J. (4 miles from New Brunswick). Left college, which 
he attended for 2^ years, on account of ill health. Played center and 
guard on football team. Since leaving college has lived at Baltimore, 
thirteen years ; Philadelphia two years ; and various other points, being 
an officer on steamships. Went to sea on leaving college. Just previous 
to the Spanish- American War, was owner and captain of the steamer 
Enterprise. After running around New York harbor and bay for a 
year, took the steamer to the west coast of Florida, a trip of 2,000 miles. 
Stopped at St. Augustine, Fla., and was arrested as a filibuster in the 
fall of 1896. During the war, was engineer on Transport No. 21. 
Passed the navy examinations as engineer, with rank as ensign, but put 
on transport duty. After war went into the Mallory Line and ran from 
New York to Galveston, Texas, two years ; then in Clyde Line from New 
York to Jacksonville, Fla., one year. Chief engineer on steamships of the 
Merchant & Miners Transportation Company, of Baltimore, Md., 1901 
to date. Member of Gethsemane M. E. Church, Broad and Westmore- 
land streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Avocation, automobiling. Married on 
April 17, 1901, at Raritan Landing, New Brunswick, N. J., Henrietta 
Barrett, daughter of Damon and Jane Monaghan Barrett, of New Bruns- 
wick, N. J. No children. Relatives among Rutgers alumni: nephew, 
Charles Boice Conover '15; uncle, Simon Wyckoff Nevius '65. 

WILLIAM GURLEY COOK. 

Son of Paul Cook, M.A., of the class of 1866, Treasurer Rensselaer 
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., and a Trustee of Rutgers College, 
and President of W. & L. E. Gurley Company, manufacturers of sur- 
veyors' instruments, and Esther Maria Gurley. Born April 3, 1876 at 



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Lansingburg, N. Y. Descended, on paternal side, from Ellis Cook, who 
settled at Southampton, L. I. about 1644. Before entering college lived 
at Lansingburg, N. Y. Prepared for college at Lansingburg Academy 
and Rutgers Preparatory School, one year. Member class football team, 
Junior year; varsity football team, Senior year; class crew, Sophomore 
year; class baseball team, 1894-'95. After graduating with degree of 
A.B., worked in a machine shop, Hartford, Conn., 1897-98, to gain ex- 
perience in machinery. Entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where 
he studied for the next two years. Is now superintendent of W. & L. E. 
Gurley Co. Member of the Presbyterian Church. Republican. On 
September 20, 1905, married Alice Marion Dewey, of Washington, D. C. 
Children: Katherine Stuart, born September 27, 1906; Constance, born 
July 2, 1908. Relatives among Rutgers alumni, father, Paul Cook '66; 
uncle, Robert A. Cook 79; brother, George H. Cook '05. 

RALPH BREWSTER CORBIN. 

Deceased. 

Son of Charles L. Corbin, prominent lawyer of New Jersey. 
Born in Jersey City, N. J., December 26, 1873. Prepared for college at 
Rutgers Preparatory School. Member of varsity baseball team; Delta 
Phi fraternity; delegate to Delta Phi Convention, 1896, New York City; 
presenter of mementoes. Class Day ; Senior play. After graduating from 
Rutgers with degree of B.Sc, he studied law in his father's office, 1897- 
99. Claim Agent for the Erie R. R. Company, 1899-1900. Admitted to 
New Jersey Bar, 1901. Member of the law firm of Corbin & Corbin, 
1902. Took pleasure trip to Bermuda, 1898. Because of poor health he 
gave up his practice and lived an outdoor life on his farm at Metuchen, 
N. J., 1903-07. Married on January 23, 1901, Miss Hattie Byram, of 
Newark, N. J. One child, daughter. Relatives among Rutgers alumni : 
cousin, Capt. R. B. Parrott '97; uncle. Professor Eliot R. Payson, 
(Faculty) ; cousins in classes of 1908, 1909 and 1915. Died at his home 
in Metuchen, N. J., on May 29, 1911. The funeral services were held 
Thursday afternoon, June 1, 1911. 

ALBERT BERDAN CRAFT. 

Son of William Theodore Craft. Bom September 15, 1876, at New 
York City. Lived before entering college at Cranford, N. J., where he 
attended the Public School of District No. 9. Attended Rutgers 1893-94. 
Treasurer of Hicks Motor & Mfg. Company, 1908 — . 

JULIUS LeMOYNE DANNER, Jr. 

Son of Rev. J. LeMoyne Danner, D.D., LL.D., and Miriam Martha 
Rose Danner. Born at East Orange, N. J., on July 14, 1875. Before 



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entering college lived at Paterson, N. J. ; New York City ; Minneapolis 
and St. Paul, Minn. Prepared for college at private and public schools 
in Paterson ; High School of Minneapolis, Minn. ; and the University of 
Minnesota. Attended Rutgers two years. Member of Glee Club; end 
on varsity football team; Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Has lived 
since leaving college in various parts of the United States, England, 
France, Germany, South America, for the last six years in New York 
City. Occupations since leaving college: banker, engineer, exporter and 
importer. Member of the Presbyterian Church. Republican in politics. 
Avocation: hunting, exploration and hard work. Married on February 
2, 1916, at Larchmont, N. Y., Helen Doremus Wessels. Relatives among 
Rutgers alumni: brother, Harry Rose Banner '91. 

FREDERICK WILLIAM DeHART. 

Son of William Henry DeHart, A.M., D.D., Stated Clerk General 
Synod, Reformed Church in America, 1896-1915, and Janette Rich De- 
Hart. Born at New York City on August 10, 1875. Resided before en- 
tering college in New York City, Jamaica, N. Y., Bethlehem, N, Y., and 
Raritan, N. J. Prepared for college at Somerville Grammar School, 
Somerville, N. J., four years. Attended Rutgers two years. Since leav- 
ing college has lived at Raritan, N. J., eight years; Pittsburg, Pa., one 
year; Raritan, eight years; Plainfield, N. J., one and half years; New- 
ark, N. J., three years. Has held positions from office boy to office man- 
ager, in office of J. S. Frelinghuysen, Insurance, 111 William street, New 
York City. Member of Reformed Church, Newark, N. J. Republican 
in politics. Avocation, camping and fishing. Married on February 22, 
1912, at Andover, N. J., Mabel Eloise Jamison. Child, Jeanette Studdi- 
ford DeHart, born August 14, 1913. Relatives among Rutgers alumni: 
father, William H. DeHart '65 ; brother, Arthur V. DeHart '05. 

GERARD JOHN DIEHL. 

Born September 21, 1875, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Guardian, uncle. 
Dr. Van Schott, of Passaic, N. J. Lived before entering college, in Pas- 
saic, N. J. Member of scrub football team ; '97 class football team. At- 
tended Rutgers up to Senior year. Studied dentistry, receiving degree of 
D.D.S. Went abroad some time after leaving college, and has probably 
been in Ghent, Belgium for a number of years. Since August, 1914, let- 
ters to him have been returned by foreign officials, with the statement 
tliat delivery is impossible at this time. 

FRANK HAMILTON DOBSON. 

Son of James Hamilton Dobson and Mary A. Mallett Dobson. Bom 
on October 14, 1875 at Bayonne, N. J., where he lived until entering col- 
lege. Prepared for college at the Bayonne Grade Schools and Has- 



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brouck Institute, Jersey City, three years. President of the Athletic As- 
sociation, 1896-97; captain of the varsity track team; editor of the Tar- 
gum; member of the scrub football team, 1896-97; bow of winning crew, 
1895-96; member of Chi Psi fraternity. New York Law School, two 
years; law office of Carrick & Wortendyke, Jersey City, N. J., and took 
post-^aduate work at the University of Washington, Pullman, Washing- 
ton. New Jersey Bar attorney, 1900; counselor, 1903. Residence since 
leaving college : Spokane, Wash. ; Seattle, Wash. ; San Francisco, Cal. ; 
Los Angeles, Cal., ten years at 920 West 3rd street. Lawyer and broker. 
Received degrees from Rutgers, A.B. (1897), M.A. (1900), and from 
New York Law School, LL.B. (1900). Member of Dutch Reformed 
Church. Republican. Unmarried. Avocation, ranching. 

RICHARD LOUNSBERY ELTINGE. 

Son of John H. Eltinge. Born February 1, 1876, at Kingston, N. Y. 
Prepared for college at Kingston Free Academy. Member of Delta Up- 
silon fraternity; Philo; T N K; Rutgers College Athletic Association; 
Targum Association; class crew. Sophomore, Junior and Senior years; 
cast for Senior play. After graduating from Rutgers, entered New York 
Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Editor-in-chief Of the 
Chironian published by the New York Homeopathic Medical College. 
Graduated third in his class, 1901, and received appointment to Flower 
Hospital, 1902 ; Prospect Heights Hospital, 1904 ; New York Opthalmic 
Hospital, 1906; Professor of Diseases of Eye and Ear, Southern Medical 
College, Louisville, Ky., 1905-08; practiced as physician and surgeon in 
Louisville, Ky., until 1908; in Dorchester, Va., until 1911 ; went to King- 
ston as resident physician in the Dr. C. O. Sahler Sanitarium. Received 
degrees of A.M. (Rutgers, 1901) ; M.D. (Homeopathic Medical College, 
1901); OetA.Chi (N. Y. Ophthalmic College, 1902). Married Miss 
Martha Cotton, Louisville, Ky., 1907. 

MAHLON WILLIAM ERNST 

Son of Hon. Adolph G. Ernst. Born December 25, 1876, at Red 
Bank, N. J. Prepared for college at Toms River High School. Attend- 
ed Rutgers 1893-94. Manufacturer of cigars. 

ALFRED ERICKSON. 

Son of Charles Erickson, a farmer, and Sabina Erickson, both born in 
Sweden. Born September 18, 1873, at Stelton, N. J. Lived in Stelton, 
Middlebush and New Brunswick, before entering college. Prepared for 
college at the New Brunswick High School, four years, and Rutgers Col- 
lege Preparatory School, one year. On graduation won first Classical 
Honor and was Class Day Historian, Attended Princeton Theological 



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Seminary, 1897-1900. Licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick at 
Princeton, N. J., 1900; ordained as minister of the Presbyterian Church 
at the First Presbyterian Church, New Brunswick, 1900. Has hved 
since leaving college, at Princeton, N. J., three years; Catlettsburg, Ky., 
four years; Phelps, Ky., twelve years. Pastor, Normal Presbyterian 
Church, Normal, Ky., four years, supplying two missions ; pastor of two 
churches — Peter Creek Church and the Shepard Memorial Church ; prin- 
cipal of Matthew T. Scott, Jr. Academy & Industrial School, Phelps, 
Ky., twelve years ; president of Phelps Academy, Phelps, Ky. Received 
degree of Master of Arts from Rutgers in 1900. Commissioner to Gen- 
eral Assembly of Presbyterian Church, U. S., held at Kansas City, Mo., 
May, 1915. RepubUcan in politics. Avocation : farm work. Married on 
April 30, 1913, at Danville, Ky., Mary Ellison Boggs, daughter of Rev. 
Samuel Davies Boggs, D.D., a South Carolinian, and Sallie Weathers 
Ec^ggs, a Kentuckian. Relative among Rutgers alumni: nephew, Neil 
MacDougall, 1914. His work for the last twelve years has been among 
the mountain people of eastern Kentucky, an isolated region when he be- 
gan. Today the work is developing rapidly. There are large coal opera- 
tions all over the territory either opened or on the way. Railroad build- 
ing is quite extensive too, and the Vv^ork is telling mightily for good. 

GEORGE STANLEY FERGUSON. 

Son of John Stanley Ferguson and Mary Elizabeth Thorn Ferguson. 
Born at Rahway, N. J., November 6, 1875. Lived before entering college 
at Ocean Grove, and Asbury Park, N. J. Prepared for college at Nep- 
tune Township Pubhc School, and Asbury Park High School. Member 
of Phi Beta Kappa, j unior year ; T N K ; captain Company D, Rutgers 
Cadet Corps; Sophomore orator. Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Resided in 
Asbury Park since graduation. Bank clerk till 1903, since then real estate 
and insurance business, with ofiice at 711 Mattison avenue. Member of 
Board of Education of Asbury Park ; director of Asbury Park and Ocean 
Grove Bank; director of Asbury Park Building & Loan Association; 
treasurer and director of Y. M. C. A. of Asbury Park. Elder in First 
Presbyterian Church of Asbury Park; superintendent of Stmday school. 
Politics, independent. Avocation, farming, hunting and fishing. Married 
at Trenton, N. J., on June 20, 1901, Theo Leigh Hughes, daughter of 
Henry J. and Annabell W. Hughes. Children. Harry Stanley, born Octo- 
ber 2, 1902 ; Ruth Leigh, born October 26, 1906. 

ORRIE WATSON FLAVELLE. 

Son of Abram Watson and Alice Page Flavelle. On paternal side de- 
scended from French Huguenots who fled from France to North Ireland 
on revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Maternal ancestry, Dutch. Born 
on Main street, Pater son, N. J., April 5, 1874. Resided before entering 



14 Class of 1897. 

college, at Newark, N. J. ; Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Ocean Grove, Asbury Park 
and Bradley Beach, N. J. Prepared for college at Washington Street 
School, Newark, 1883; private school, Brooklyn, 1884; Mrs. Ross' Pri- 
vate School, Asbury Park, 1885; Ocean Grove School, 1886-90; Asbury 
Park High School, 1890-93. Attended Rutgers, September 1893-June, 
1895. Member of Freshman baseball team. After leaving college at- 
tended New Jersey State Normal School, Trenton, September, 1897- 
June, 1899; took special courses in New York University School of Peda- 
gogy, 1901-06. Residences since college, Bradley Beach, N. J. ; Trenton, 
N. J., 1897-99; Newark, N. J., 1899 to date. Teacher, 1899-1917; Ptin- 
cipal of a public school in Newark, N. J. Received degree M.Pd. (N. Y. 
U., 1906). President of N. J. State Normal Alumni Association, 1906. 
Politics, Socialist. Married on July 20, 1905, Charlotte Christine Kellers, 
daughter of Bohl and Hattie Henry Kellers. Child, Lois Kellers Flav- 
elle, bom August 19, 1912. Publications, contribution to 'The People 
and the Public Schools." Member of Schoolmen's Club, Newark, N. J. ; 
Intercollegiate Socialist Society, New York Chapter. 

WILSON WARREN FOWLER. 

Son of Samuel Lewis, lawyer and editor, and Olivia Mellissa Coffee 
Larkin Fowler. Grandfather, George Bruce Fowler, who came to New 
York about 1814 to establish a branch of an English bank; grandmother, 
Salhe Lewis was the granddaughter of Francis Lewis, a signer of the 
Declaration of Independence. Born at Baltimore, Md., October 22, 1864. 
Resided before entering college at Baltimore, Md., 1864-75 ; Lancaster, 
Pa., 1875-83, 1887-93; Oxford, England, 1884-87; New York City, 1893. 
Prepared for college at Sititz Academy, 1875; Lancaster, Pa., Public 
Schools, 1876-81 ; entered Lancaster High School at head of class ; 
studied religion at Philadelphia, Pa., and Cowley, Oxford, England, 
1882-87. Trouble with eyes and throat caused much loss of time and 
change of plans. As a boy wanted to study law; then wanted to study 
for the Episcopal ministry. Secretary Reading & Chesapeake Coal & Ry. 
Co., 1887-89; manufacturer, proprietor Lancaster Paper Box Mfg. Co., 
1889-93. Won the Scientific Prize in Logic. Was president of Philo; 
assistant editor of Targum; editor of Rutgers Quarterly. Since gradua- 
tion spent two years at Columbia University studying education and 
philosophy, 1898; Columbia University Scholar, 1898-99; Summer Exten- 
sion Course, Oxford University, England, 1899; studied under French 
instructor, Paris, France, 1899-1900; graduate courses Columbia Uni- 
versity, 1903-04. Various places of residence since leaving college : New 
York City, 1897-99; France, 1899-1900; Cumberland, Md., 1901; Chil- 
tenham Academy of Ogontz, Pa., 1902; St. Austens School, Staten 
Island, 1903; Hastings-on-Hudson, 1904-08; Parksville, S. C, 1908 to 
date. Teacher of French and German at Ogontz, Pa. ; editor of Hastings 



Class of 1897. IS 

News, 1904-05; in charge of a New York Tribune Fresh Air Work; 
consulting agriculturist. Degree of M.A. (Columbia, 1898). Chairman 
Executive Committee West Side Fair Association, Parksville, S. C, 
1911-16; director Bank of Parksville, 1916; chairman Community Show 
Committee; Community Christmas Tree Committee; Property Day Com- 
mittee. In 1916 candidate for Superintendent of Schools of McCormick 
County, S. C, but was defeated. Member of Episcopal Church. Demo- 
crat. Avocation, collecting prints, coins, china, stamps, books to small 
extent; bees. Married on October 21, 1908, to Mary Amelia Cooke, 
whose great uncle was President Milledoler of Rutgers. Published many 
items in newspapers and periodicals. 

CHARLES HENRY GOFF. 

Son of Henry A. Goff, manufacturer, and Ellen Carter Robie Goff. 
Maternal ancestry, English descent. Born at Binghamton, N. Y., May 8, 
1875. Prepared for college at Binghamton Central High School and 
Rutgers Preparatory School. Attended Rutgers 1893-94. Member of 
Delta Phi Fraternity. After leaving college attended Cascadilla Prepara- 
tory School; Cornell University, College of Civil Engineering, 1899; 
College of Law, 1898, but did not graduate. Has resided in Binghamton, 
N. Y., Ithaca, N. Y., and Buffalo, N. Y., since 1909. Salesman, and since 
going to Buffalo, P'arole Officer for the State Industrial School. Married 
at Binghamton, N. Y., November 11, 1902, Lilla Belle Harding. 

THOMAS EZEKIEL GRAVATT. 

Son of Henry C. Gravatt and Ann Amelia Mount Gravatt. Born at 
Clarksburg, Monmouth County, N. J., May 18, 1875. Second lieutenant 
Rutgers Cadet Corps; Ivy Ode Composer; Second Scientific Honor. 
After leaving college taught for two years at Baron de Hirsch Agricul- 
tural School at Woodbine, N. J. ; next three years took work in mathe- 
matics at Yale University Graduate School ; for two years taught in the 
University Preparatory School at Ithaca, N. Y. ; taught in the Pennsyl- 
vania State College; studied in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate 
School. Residences since leaving college. Woodbine, N. J., 1897-99 ; New 
Haven, Conn., 1899-1902; Ithaca, N. Y., 1902-04; State College, Pa., 
1904-11; Philadelphia, Pa., 1911-12; State College, Pa., 1912 to date. 
Since leaving Rutgers has been student and teacher, teaching mathematics 
at Pennsylvania State College, 1912 to date. Member of the Episcopal 
Church. Married on June 30, 1908, at Ellis, N. Y., Mary Adelaide Mid- 
daugh. Children, Eugenie DeBow, born May 18, 1909; Howard Reid, 
born August 18, 1911; NelHe Blanche, born July 22, 1913; Mary Mid- 
daugh, born February 15, 1916. Relatives among Rutgers alumni, broth- 
ers, Mount D. Gravatt '94, Paul M. Gravatt '01. 



16 Class of 1897. 

HUGH HADDOW, JR. 

Son of Hugh Haddow, accountant, and Maria Gilchrist Haddow. 
Born at Glasgow, Scotland, December 27, 1874. Resided before entering 
college, at Glasgow, Scotland, Hartford, Conn., and Newark, N. J. Pre- 
pared for college at Hutchinson's Grammar School, Glasgow, three years ; 
pubhc school, Hartford, Conn., one year; pubhc schools, Newark, N. J., 
five years. Member of Chi Phi Fraternity ; captain Rutgers Cadet Corps ; 
varsity football team, 1896-97 ; class football team ; Rutgers College Ath- 
letic Association; Class Day address to undergraduates. Has lived since 
leaving college at Newark, N. J., 1897-1902; Gulfport, Miss., 1902-04; 
New York City, 1904-05; Covington, La., 1905-08; Wanilla, Miss., 1908- 
09 ; Rockaway, N. J., 1909 to date. Since graduation, served in the army 
during the Spanish-American War, out of which got a case of typhoid 
fever; rodman and transitman, C. R. R. of N. J., 1899-1902; assistant 
engineer. Gulf & Ship Island R. R., 1902-03 ; assistant to consulting engi- 
neer. Gulf & Ship Island R. R. ; assistant to consulting engineer. New 
Orleans Great Northern R. R., 1904-07; division engineer. New Orleans 
Great Northern R. R., 1907-08 ; chief engineer. New Orleans Great North- 
ern R. R., 1908-09 ; treasurer, Menantico Sand & Gravel Company, Mill- 
ville, N. J., 1914 to date. First lieutenant U. S. Volunteer Signal Corps, 
May, 1898-January 1, 1899, serving with the 11th Company Signal Corps. 
Member of Second Presbyterian Church, Newark, N. J. Married on 
June 4, 1903, at Rockaway, N. J., Laura May Stickle, daughter of B. K. 
and Libby Menagh Stickle. Child, Hugh Haddow, 3rd, born September 
14, 1915. 

DREW WYCKOFF HAGEMAN. 

Son of Rev. Andrew Hageman, of the class of 1871. Born October 
20, 1876, at Queens, Long Island. Lived before entering college at Holm- 
del, Monmouth County, N. J. Prepared for college at Freehold Institute. 
Member of Delta Upsilon; T N K; Philo; Rutgers College Athletic Asso- 
ciation; assistant manager varsity track team; coxswain and manager of 
class crew ; Indoor Meet and Field Day committees ; Scarlet Letter editor ; 
class secretary; college choir; Tar gum editor; editor-in-chief Tar gum, 
second term, Senior year; Class Day Poet; Rutgers College Dramatic 
Association; Senior play; Senior Play Committee; '97 Cremation Com- 
mittee; Bradley Prize in Roman Law; Scarlet Letter Historian, sopho- 
more year ; Sophomore Orator ; S. D. L. Reading Club ; Lawyers' Club. 
After graduating from Rutgers, studied law and was admitted to the 
New York bar in 1901. Went to Texas on business, 1898. Has taken an 
interest in amateur theatricals. Took active part in campaign in New 
York City, working for the reelection of District Attorney Jerome, 1905. 
Contributed to '*A Little Book of Rutgers Tales." At present, lawyer in 
New York City. Relatives among Rutgers alumni, father, Rev. Andrew 
Hageman '71, and brother, James W. Hageman, 1903. 



Class of 1897. 17 

SAMUEL LAWRENCE HARDING. 

Son of B. F. Harding, manager and treasurer of Bridgeton Gas Light 
Co., and Harriet L. Harding. Born at Bridgeton, N. J., August 29, 1875. 
Resided at Bridgeton, N. J., before entering college, for which he pre- 
pared at Bridgeton High School, 1891, from which he was the first boy 
to graduate; and West Jersey Academy, 1893. Member of Chi Phi Fra- 
ternity; Philo; president of class. Sophomore year; captain Company D, 
Rutgers Cadet Corps; Glee Club; presenter of memorial. Class Day. 
Residences since leaving college, Bridgeton, N. J., 1897; Philadelphia, 
Pa., 1898; New York City, 1899-1901 ; Chicago, 111., 1901 to date. After 
graduation worked temporarily with the Bridgeton Gas Light Company, 
of Bridgeton, N. J.; United Electric Improvement Company, Philadel- 
phia, Pa., draftsman; assistant superintendent of Western Electric Com- 
pany ; superintendent of production of Western Electric Company ; cleri- 
cal superintendent of Western Electric Company. Received degrees, 
B.Sc. (Rutgers, 1897) ; M.Sc. (Rutgers, 1900). Member of Presbyterian 
Church. Republican in politics. Avocation, tennis. Married at Phila- 
delphia, Pa., 1903, Marie Louise Antrim. Children, Robert Lawrence, 
born January 3, 1906; Marion Louise, born August 18, 1910. 

GEORGE EDDY HEATH. 

Son of Jeremiah Ritttenhouse Heath and Elizabeth Ann Winckler 
Heath. Born at Frenchtown, N. J., June 5, 1874. Before entering col- 
lege lived at Frenchtown, N. J., Somerville, N. J., and New Brunswick, 
N. J. Prepared for college at New Brunswick High School and Rutgers 
Preparatory School. Ivy Orator, Class Day. Residences since leaving 
college, Bound Brook, N. J., one year; Elmira, N. Y., one year; P'ome- 
roy, O., one year; New Orleans, La., one year; Augusta, Ga., five years; 
Manila, P. I., ten years. A member of the Scientific Section for three 
and one-half years. Immediately after leaving Rutgers became connected 
with a Philadelphia contracting firm, in the construction of electric rail- 
ways, which line of work was followed for sixteen years, being connected 
with the following roads : N. Y. & Philadelphia Traction Co., in New 
Jersey; Elmira & Seneca Lake R. T., in New York; Ohio River Elec. 
R. T. & Power Co., in Ohio ; Doylestown & Newton R. T., in Pennsyl- 
vania ; Lewisburg, Milton & Watsontown R. T., in Pennsylvania ; Ander- 
son Traction Co., in South Carolina; Augusta & Aiken R. T., in Georgia 
and South Carolina; New Orleans & Lake Pontchatrain R. T., in New 
Orleans. In 1906 went to Manila, P. I., for J. G. White & Company, of 
New York, with whom he was connected until October, 1914. Now a 
member of the firm of F. H. Thompson Company, importers of electrical 
machinery and supplies, representing Westinghouse Electric Company, 
The Royal Typewriter Company, American Electric Company, Tver- 



18 Class of 1897. 

Johnson Arms & Cycle Company, and Excelsior Motor & Mfg. Company. 
Member of First Baptist Church, New Brunswick, N. J. Republican in 
politics. Relatives among Rutgers alumni, Lewis Winckler '87, Lewis, 
A. Heath W. 



CARL JOHN HEYSER. 

Son of Henry C. Heyser, clergyman, and Mary Meyer Heyser. Bom 
at Rochester, N. Y., January 24, 1875. Resided at Brooklyn before enter- 
ing college. Prepared for college at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 
1888-93. Attended Rutgers, 1893-94. Member of Chi Psi Fraternity. 
After leaving college attended Yale University, 1894-95 ; New York Law 
School, 1896-97; also studied in law offices of Straley, Hasbrouck & 
Schloeder, New York City, and of Cyrus V. Washburn, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Admitted to New York bar in 1898, and since has practiced law continu- 
ously in Brooklyn, where he has also had his residence. Member of 
Dutch Reformed Church. Democrat in politics. Avocation, breeding 
dogs and fancy fowl, and farming. Married at Brooklyn, N. Y., August 
15, 1900, Catherine Louisa Horsfield, daughter of Timothy Nostrand and 
Sophia A. Frisbey Horsfield. Child, Carl John Heyser, Jr., born October 
25, 1904. 

CHARLES LIPPINCOTT HOOPES. 

Son of John Chambers Hoopes, builder, and Gertrude Allen Lippin- 
cott Hoopes. Born at Haddonfield, N. J., October 22, 1875. Prepared 
for college in public schools of Haddonfield, where he resided, and Miss 
Hillman's School, 1879-84. President of Philo, two terms ; Tree Orator, 
Qass Day. After graduation, went into a factory for the manufacture 
of dynamos and motors, remaining there until acquainted with the method 
of making electrical machinery. In 1899, when driving across a railroad 
track, was struck by a locomotive, which killed the horse, and disabled 
him for about three years. Formed a partnership with two others for 
the purpose of canning diamond-back terrapin, two years. Took up 
study of the human body and all subjects bearing upon it, physiological or 
pathological, taking course in the Philadelphia College and Infirmary of 
Osteopathy, 1906-09. Licensed physician, Philadelphia, Pa., September 
11, 1909; Camden County, N. J., April 12, 1913. Fall of 1909 made 
Assistant Professor of Chemistry of the Philadelphia College of Osteopa- 
th}^, 1917. Resided after leaving college at Haddonfield, N. J., and Bay- 
onne, N. J., 1898. Received degree D.O. (P. C. O., 1909). Married at 
Haddonfield, N. J., September 15, 1915, Florence Richardson, daughter 
of Charles A. and Ella H. Richardson, Relative among Rutgers alumni, 
William H. Stafford, 1892. 



Class of 1897. 19 

JOSEPH AUGUSTUS JOHNSTON. 

Deceased. 

Son of Samuel Johnson, of Westfield, N. J. Born on November 29, 
1872, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Prepared for college at Rutgers Preparatory 
School. Entered Rutgers with the class of 1896, and for the year 1894-95 
he was a member of the class of 1897. Member of Beta Theta Pi Frater- 
nity; member and soloist Rutgers College Glee Club. He resided at 
Westfield, N. J., and was a manager of the International Silver Company 
of New York. On October 28, 1902, he married Mary Virginia 
Sherman, of Westfield, N. J. One child, a girl. He died from consump- 
tion at a sanatarium at Loomis, N. Y., March 12, 1912. 

LEWIS GASTON LEARY. 

Son of George S. Leary, vice president Mica Insulator Company, 
New York City, and Johanna Gaston Leary, M.D. Born at Elizabeth, 
N. J., August 3, 1877. Resided in EHzabeth before entering college. At- 
tended Battin High School, 1899-1903, in preparation for Rutgers. Won 
Spader Prize in Modern History; P'erlee Junior Orator Prize; 2nd Bus- 
sing Prize in Extempore Speaking; Delta Phi Senior Orator Prize; 
Luther Laflin Scientific Prize in Metaphysics; Rhetorical Honor; First 
Scientific Honor; Phi Beta Kappa, Junior year. Was class secretary, 
1895-96; Scarlet Letter Historian, 1897. After graduation, spent 1897-99 
at Union Seminary, New York City; 1899-00 at McCormick Seminary, 
Chicago; 1903-04 took graduate study; also 1898-99 and 1904-05 at New 
York University. Ordained by Presbytery of Elizabeth, June 3, 1900. 
Lived since leaving college at Elizabeth, N. J., 1897-99; Chicago, 111., 
1899-1900; Beirut, Syria, 1900-03; Chicago, 111., 1903-04; Blauvelt, N. Y., 
1904-07 ; Pelham Manor, N. Y., 1907 to date. In 1900-03 was instructor 
at the Syrian Pl-otestant College, Beirut, teaching chiefly geometry and 
English ; acted as general director and stage manager of the first English 
play given in the Turkish Empire — "J^^i^s Caesar" — presented by the 
Milton Literary Society of the college. Pastor Greenbush Presbyterian 
Church, Blauvelt, N. Y., 1904-07; Hugenot Memorial Presbyterian 
Church, Pelham Manor, N. Y., 1907 to date. Traveled during the sum- 
mers of 1900, 1902, 1903 and 1912, visiting Great Britain, Belgium, Hol- 
land, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Greece, Egypt, the 
Balkan States and the ^gean Islands, as well as various parts of Turkey. 
Received degrees, B.Sc. (Rutgers, 1897) ; M.A. (N. Y. U., 1900) ; and 
Ph.D. (N. Y. U., 1905). Member of the Presbyterian Church. Avoca- 
tion, golf. December 15, 1904, married Beatrice E. Knight, daughter of 
Herbert W. Knight, of Newark, N. Y. Children, Lewis Gaston Leary, 
Jr., born April 18, 1906; George Knight Leary, born July 17, 1907; Mary 
F.mlly Leary, born May 21, 1910; William Gillett Leary, born September 
20, 1915. Relative among Rutgers alumni, brother, Russel W. Leary '02, 



20 Class of 1897. 

Publications: "The Bible as Literature" (1909, Westchester Co. Bible So- 
ciety) ; 'The Christman City" (1911) ; ''The Real Palestine of To-Day" 
(1811, Robert M. McBride Co., N. Y. City) ; "Andorra, the Hidden Re- 
public" (1912, McBride Co.); "Syria, the Land of Lebanon" (1913, 
McBride Co.) ; 100 articles on Old Testament and Holy Land in Stand- 
ard Bible Dictionary; numerous articles in Scrihner's, Travel, World 
To-Day, etc. Lecturer on Old Testament and on foreign travel; Com- 
missioner to General Assembly, 1914; member N. Y. Phi Beta Kappa 
Association; Graduates Club; Theta; Clergy Club; Pelham Country Club 
(honorary) ; Pelham Manor Club (honorary) ; life director American 
Bible Society. 

FLETCHER VAN WIE LEHMAN 

Son of John Lehman, of Speakers, N. Y. Born September 24, 1870, 
at Glen, Montgomery County, N. Y. Prepared for college at Fairfield 
Seminary. After leaving Rutgers in 1893 he attended Hope and Hamil- 
ton Colleges. Attended New Brtmswick Theological Seminary, graduat- 
ing in 1899. Licensed by Classis of Montgomery, 1899. Columbia, 1899- 
1902. Appointed Agent of Domestic Missions by Albany Classis, 1902. 
Jerusalem, 1902-07. Stated Supply, Union, 1907; Onesquethaw, 1908; 
Unionville, 1909. Clergyman of the Reformed Church of America. 

SEYMOUR DeWITT LUDLUM. 

Son of John Frank and Louisa May Minturn Ludlum. Born on 
August 1, 1876, at Goshen, N. Y. Residence at Paterson, N. J., before 
entering college. Prepared for college at Paterson High School. Mem- 
ber of Delta Upsilon Fraternity ; Philo ; T N K ; class football team, '94, 
'95, '96; scrub football team; first lieutenant Company B, Rutgers Cadet 
Corps; Rutgers College Athletic Association; chairman Third Annual 
Indoor Meet Committee, '97 ; Dramatic Club. Since graduating, attended 
Johns Hopkins University, 1898-1902, receiving degree of M.D. Clinical 
assistant, Sheppard & Pratt Hospital, Towson, Pa., 1902-03 ; first assistant 
resident physician, Friends' Asylum for the Insane, Frankford, Pa., 1903- 
06; licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania, 1905 ; assistant neurolo- 
gist, Philadelphia Polyclinic and Hospital; instructor in neurology and 
neurolopathology, Univ. of Penn. ; chief in Psychiatric Department, Phila- 
delphia Hospital, 1915 — . President, Philadelphia Neurological Society, 
member, American Neurological Association ; American Medical Associa- 
tion ; Penn, Medical Association ; University Club, Philadelphia. Poli- 
tics, Republican. Married in 1908, by Rev. Mr. Hogan, to Bertha Helena 
Hoerle. Child, Seymour DeWitt Ludlum, Jr., born April 27, 1914. Pub- 
lications : "A Preliminary Report of the Possible Relationship of Neuro 
Fibrillar Changes to Insanity" (Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 
January, 1905) ; "An Experimental Study on the Regeneration of Per- 



Class of 1897. 21 

ipheral Nerves" (Ibid, August, 1905) ; "Hydrocephalus" {New York 
Medical Journal, December 26, 1908) ; "Clinical Confirmation of the 
Hypothesis that Disordered States in Parents Produce Defective Off- 
spring" {Illinois State Charities Institution Quarterly, IV, 411, 1914) ; 
"Physiological Characteristics in Insanity, The Thymus and Pituitary in 
Dementia Praecox" (Trans. American Neurological Association, 1915) ; 
"The Thymus and the Pituitary in Dementia Praecox" {American Jour- 
nal of Insanity, LXXI, 733, 1915). 

ALFRED CHARLES MAC DONALD. 

Attended Rutgers, 1893-94. Does not reply to communications from 
the college. 

HENRY MARELLI. 

Son of Charles Marelli, silk weaver, and Michelle Raymond Marelli. 
Father, born in Milan, Italy, soldier in Italian army, having served in the 
Italian- Austrian War of 1873. Mother bom in St. Etienne, France. 
Born at Paterson, N. J., June 7, 1875. Before entering college lived in 
Paterson, three years; Newark, three years; Union Hill, one year; 
Bridgeport, Conn., one year; Jersey City Heights, one year; West Ho- 
boken, two years ; Paterson, until college entrance. Prepared for college at 
Paterson High School, three years. Won second prize in Speaking, Soph- 
omore year; author of class play, "A Southern Gentleman"; president of 
Dramatic Association; member of Philo; drum major, Rutgers Cadet 
Corps Field Music; manager and captain of scrub football team; member 
of varsity football team. In the fall of 1897 engaged to teach French and 
mathematics at the Vermont Episcopal Institution in Burlington, Vt. 
Next year taught at Hamden Hall, New Haven, Conn. ; during third year 
after graduation taught at the Alleghany County Academy, Cumberland, 
Md. Studied law in the law office of Martin H. R. Van Hovenberg ; ad- 
mitted to the New Jersey bar in November, 1900. Received degrees, 
B.Sc. (Rutgers, 1897) ; M.Sc. (Rutgers, 1901). Practiced law in native 
city, Paterson. Entered politics; elected an Assemblyman in 1904; re- 
elected in 1905. Since time of taking seat in New Jersey Legislature, has 
fought the domination of the corporations and the special interests in the 
governmental affairs of the country. One of the leaders of the Progres- 
sives in New Jersey, and was an alternate-at-large to the National Re- 
publican Convention, Chicago, 1912, representing Passaic County; dele- 
gate to National Progressive Party Convention, 1912; member of Board 
of Visitors to the State Agricultural College and of Board of Managers 
of State Experimental Station since 1906. Member of Baraca Qass of 
the Broadway Baptist Church of Paterson, largest men's Bible class in 
New Jersey. Married on November 24, 1903, at Paterson, N. J., Ida 
Eleanor Clerihew, daughter of Peter James and Louise Trimball Cleri- 
hew. Children, Charles Marelli, born August 29, 1904 ; Margaret Louise 



22 Class of 1897. 

Marelli, bom March 1, 1914. Chief counsel of the strikers in the Pater- 
son silk strike of 1913, successfully defending William D. Haywood, 
Carlo Tresca and Elizabeth Gurly Flynn, I. W. W. leaders. Participated, 
as legal adviser to the workers, in most of the labor disputes that have 
occurred in northern New Jersey during last nine years. 

CHARLES MEEKS MASON. 

Son of Samuel Alfred Mason, cotton broker. Sergeant, 12th Missis- 
sippi, C. G. A., and Mary Peyton Mellen Mason. Descended on maternal 
side from Wm. Pepperrell, Judge of Massachusetts, whose son, Lieuten- 
ant-General Sir Wm. Pepperrell, captured Eouisburg, and from George 
Frost, member of Continental Congress from New Hampshire. Born at 
Natchez, Miss., May 7, 1876. Lived before entering college at New Or- 
leans, La. ; Birmingham, Ala. ; Newark, N. J. Prepared for college at 
Stephens High School, Crawfordville, Ga., 1887-89; New Jersey State 
Model School, Trenton, 1889-93. Won in Senior year Class 1876 Politi- 
cal Philosophy Prize and Sons of American Revolution Prize. Member 
of Beta Theta Pi fraternity; editor of Scarlet Letter, and Tar gum; 
member of varsity football team four years ; varsity baseball team, three 
years ; varsity track team ; class and varsity relay team ; editor-in-chief of 
Tar gum; chairman Junior class supper committee; member of Junior 
Promenade Committee ; Senior play committee ; Senior dance committee ; 
indoor meet committee, senior year ; chairman, committee on Revision of 
Constitution of Athletic Association; president Democratic Club. After 
leaving college attended New York Law School, 1901; studied in law 
office of Lintott, Johnson & Capen, Newark, N. J. Two years after 
graduation, taught in the Media Academy at Media, Pa., and for three 
years in the Battin High School, Elizabeth. z\dmitted to practice law in 
New York, 1901, and in New Jersey, 1903. For four years served as 
Under- Sheriff of Essex County. Became dean of the New Jersey Law 
School, which he assisted in organizing; in 1915 was appointed by Fed- 
eral Judges Haight and Relstab referee in bankruptcy. Degrees received 
M. A. (Rutgers, 1901) ; LL.B. (N. Y. Law School, 1901). Member of 
the Episcopal Church. Democrat in politics. Avocation, football. Mar- 
ried on July 5, 1905, at Elizabeth, N. J., Eva P. Bloomfield, daughter of 
Edwin A. and Mary Woodruff Bloomfield. Children: Charles Bloom- 
field, born September 22, 1906, and William Pepperrell, born September 
24, 1908. 

DAVID HERBERT McBRIDE. 

Son of David Herbert McBride. Born at Bridgeton, N. J., May 24, 
1875. Prepared for college at West Jersey Academy. After leaving Rut- 
gers in 1894, attended New York Universitv. Laundryman in Bridgeton, 
N.J. 



Class of 1897. 23 

ANDREW JOHN MEYER. 

Son of Peter and Mary J. Dickerman Meyer. Born at Albany, N. Y., 
December 16, 1874. Resided at Albany before entering college for which 
he prepared at Albany High School, 1888-92, and Albany Boys Academy, 
1892-93. Won First Sloan Entrance Prize; Junior Orator; Second 
Classical Honor; Phi Beta Kappa. Member of Chi Phi fraternity; 
Philo ; Y. M. C A. President of Chess Club, Senior year. After gradu- 
ation attended New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1897-1900; took 
post-graduate work at Union Seminary, specializing in Church History, 
1911-15; Columbia University, 1913-15. Residences since leaving college, 
Montague, N. J., 1900-04; Jersey City, N. J., 1904-14; Brooklyn, N. Y., 
1914 to date. Pastor, Minisink Reformed Church, Montague, N. J., 
1900-04; Grand St. Reformed Church, Jersey City, September, 1904- 
January, 1907. This church amalgamated with the Wayne St. Reformed 
Church, January 29, 1907, forming the First Reformed Church (Van 
Vorst), Jersey City, of which he became pastor. From 1914 to date, pas- 
tor of the South Bushwick Church, the oldest Dutch Reformed Church 
in Brooklyn. Degrees received, A.B. (Rutgers, 1897) ; AM. (Rutgers, 
1904). Member of Board of Governors Hudson County University 
Club, 1913-14. Politics, Republican independent. Avocation, Church 
history. Married at Albany, N. Y., June 21, 1900, Lucia Miller, daugh- 
ter of Rev. Henry Miller, Ph.D. (Leipsic) and Louise Ehler Miller. 
Children: Burton Cook Meyer, born May 18, 1901; Malcolm Miller 
Meyer, born June 17, 1902. Sermons, publications, etc., "The Resurrec- 
tion Credible"; "Wanted— a Man"; "By Sea and Mountain"; "Thy 
Kingdom Come" ; "The Holy Spirit and the Christian" (Brooklyn Eagle, 
1914-16); "The College of Cardinals," (Christian Intelligencer, 1911). 
Member of Acanthus Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Phi Beta Kappa Association 
of New York. 

JOHN MAHLON MILLS. 

Son of Nehemiah M. and Susan Slaght Mills. Born at Morristown, 
N. J., July 2, 1873. Resided in Morristown, N. J., both before and after 
college, for which he prepared at the Morristown Public Schools. Mem- 
ber of Philo; Rutgers College Athletic Association; Student Self- 
GK>vernment Committee, Junior year; class football tearm, 1893-96; 
captain of Hockey Club; chairman Class Supper Committees, Senior 
year; center varsity football team, 1894-96; captain and center of 
varsity football team, 1896. Address to President, Class Day. 
After graduation studied law in office of Frederick H. Burnham, 
and later in the office of Hon. Willard W. Cutler. Admitted to the Bar 
of New Jersey as an attorney, 1899; as a counselor, 1902. Attorney for 
Morris Township, 1900 to date; Morris County Board of Chosen Free- 



24 Class of 1897. 

holders, January 1, 1914, to date; Assembly, New Jersey Legislah 
ture, 1905-06. Received degrees, B.A. (Rutgers, 1897) ; M.A. (Rutgers, 
1900). Politics, Republican. Married on April 12, 1906, Cora E. Stud- 
ley. Child, Elden Mills, born June 17, 1908. 

WILLIAM JAMES MORRISON, Jr. 

Son of William J. Morrison, printer, and Ellen Frances O'Brien 
Morrison. Born at Brooklyn, N. Y., November 2, 1877. Resided before 
entering college in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Ridgefield Park, N. J. Pre- 
pared for college at Hackensack High School, 1903. Won Tunis Quick 
Prize, 1894; Third Scientific Honor; recommendation to War De- 
partment in Drill; Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Phi fraternity. Quarterback 
on scrub football team. After leaving Rutgers attended New York Law 
School from which he graduated in 1903. After a few weeks at odd 
jobs, worked for Western Electric Company, New York, in shop super- 
intendent's office. 1900-03, stock broker, member Consolidated Stock 
Exchange, New York ; July, 1903, admitted to practice law in New York ; 
June, 1906, admitted as attorney to practice law in New Jersey; June, 
1909, admitted as counselor to practice law in New Jersey. Practiced 
law in New York City from 1903 to date; at Ridgefield Park, N. J., from 
1906 to date. Brother, Frank A. Morrison '09, associated with him. De- 
grees received, LL.B. (N. Y. Law School, 1903) ; M.Sc. (Rutgers, 
1900). Treasurer Bergen County Bar Association for some years. 
Member of the Catholic Church. Republican in politics. Avocation, 
writing briefs. Married on Jime 30, 1903, at Haddon Heights, N. J., 
Mabel A. Dooling, school teacher of Millville, N. J. Children, Rose Dee, 
born December 29, 1906; Margaret Mary, born November 12, 1910; 
William Robert, born August 12, 1913. Relatives among Rutgers 
alumni, brother, Frank A. Morrison '09; brother, John D. Morrison, '12. 

ROGER MYERS. 

Son of John B. D. Myers. Born August 29, 1871, at Readington, N. 
J. Resided before entering college in Raritan, N. J. Prepared for col- 
lege at Professor J. A. Metz' Classical School, Somerville, N. J. At- 
tended Rutgers 1893-94. At present with Edison Phonograph Works. 

GEORGE OLIVER NELSON. 

Son of James Nelson of Nelsonville, N. J. Born at Cream Ridge, N. 
J., August 22, 1871. Resided before entering college at Hamilton 
Square, N. J. Prepared for college at Peddie Institute, Hightstown, N. 
J. Attended Rutgers 1893-94. Supervising Principal, West Long Branch 
Schools, 1908—. 



Class of 1897. 25 

JAMES BRYAN NOE. 

Son of Louis H. Noe, lawyer, and Mary Emma Bryan Noe. Bom 
at Elizabeth, N. J., March 27, 1876. Prepared for college at public 
schools and High School of Elizabeth, N. J. Won Electrical Prize of 
$50.00. Member of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth, N. J.; 
Elder and Superintendent of Sunday school. Republican in politics. 
Electrical engineer. Married on August 1, 1895, in Ehzabeth, N. J., 
Edna May Norris, daughter of Frank E. and Alice Norris. Child, 
Frances Louise, bom November 30, 1907. 

GEORGE AUGUSTUS OSBORN. 

Son of Walter S. Osbom, merchant, and Mary J. Baldwin Osbom. 
Paternal great grandfather settled in Massachusetts immediately after 
the Revolution. Maternal ancestors settled in Virginia long previous to 
the Revolution, and members of the family served in the Continental 
Army. Born on August 18, 1874, at Jersey City, N. J. Before entering 
college lived in Jersey City, N. J.; Toledo, Ohio; Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 
Ocean Grove, N. J. Prepared for college at Grammar Schools of To- 
ledo, Ohio, and Brooklyn, N. Y., and the High School of Asbury Park, 
N. J. Member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity; Philo; Cremation Commit- 
tee ; Class Day Committee ; President Jimior year ; Tar gum editor, Senior 
year; First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Rutgers Cadet Corps. Won 
honorable mention Hart Prize in English Literature, 1895. Since gradu- 
ating from college has resided in New Brunswick, N. J., during which 
time he has held the following positions : Assistant in active charge of 
Rutgers College Library, May, 1897- Jime, 1906; acting Librarian, 1906- 
1907 ; Librarian, 1907 to date. Superintendent of New Brunswick Boys' 
Club, 1897-1900; Secretary Christ Church Club, three years; Secretary 
Phi Beta Kappa, one year; Secretary Rutgers Club of New Brunswick, 
1910-14; Treasurer, 1914-15; President, 1916-17; Secretary Association 
of the Alumni of Rutgers College, 1911 to date; associate editor of the 
Rutgers Alumni Quarterly, 1914, to date; member of Vestry of 
Christ Church, one year ; Trustee of local chapter of Beta Theta Pi. Mem- 
ber of Christ Church (Episcopal) of New Brunswick, N. J. Politics, in- 
dependent Republican. Avocation, fishing. Married, December 29, 1903, 
at Church of Holy Commimion, South Orange, N. J., Edith Octavia Tye, 
daughter of Robert C Tye and Emma Marlton Tye, of Hayesville, On- 
tario, Canada, both of English descent. Children, Agnes Tye, born June 
4, 1905; Gertrude Elizabeth, born August 9, 1908. He has compiled a 
small pamplet, "Bibliography of Rutgers College," and has written annual 
reports of Rutgers College Library. 

ARTHUR EDMUND OWEN. 
Son of James Owen, civil engineer, and Mary Caroline Dunham Owen. 
Bom at Montclair, N. J., January 19, 1876. Resided before entering 



26 Class of 1897. 

college in Montclair, N. J. Prepared for college at Montclair High 
School. Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. In 1898 began 
railway work as a draftsman in the tax agent's office of the Central R. R. 
of New Jersey at New York, and has been in the continuous service of 
that road since. In August, 1899, transferred to the chief engineer's 
office as rodman, and the following November was appointed assistant 
engineer, at Mauch Chunk, Pa. Transferred in the same capacity to 
Jersey City in 1901, remaining in that position until January, 1907, when 
he was appointed principal assistant engineer; became chief engineer of 
the same road, July, 1916, to date. Married on November 19, 1902, at 
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Anne G. Sentees, Canadian. Three children. 

RALPH BREWSTER PARROTT. 

Son of Alfred Parrott, merchant and banker, and Mary Brewster 
Parrott. Born at Schoharie, N. Y., November 7, 1875. Resided, before 
entering college, at Schoharie, N. Y., and New Brunswick, N. J. Pre- 
pared for college at Rutgers Preparatory School, 1893-94. Member of 
Scientific Section. Captain of baseball team; best soldier; member of 
Delta Phi Fraternity. After graduating, studied law with Corbin & Cor- 
bin, 1897-98. Various places of residence and stations since leaving col- 
lege: Metuchen, N. J., 1897 ;; Atlanta, Ga., 1898; Fort Crook, Neb., 1898; 
Philippine Islands, 1899-1901; Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 1903-04; Fort 
Sheridan, 111., 1905; Havana, Cuba, 1906; New Brunswick, N. J., 1907- 
10; Fort Sheridan, 111., 1910-11; Philippine Islands, China and Japan, 
1912-15; San Francisco, Cal., 1915; Fort D. A. Russell, Wyom., 1916. 
Appointed Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry, on July 9, 1898; First 
Lieutenant, 15th Infantry, June 8, 1899; transferred to 22nd Infantry, 
February 15, 1902; graduated from the Infantry and Cavalry School, 
1904; appointed Captain 27th Infantry, January 15, 1905; Professor of 
Military Science and Tactics at Rutgers College, 1906-10; transferred to 
24th Infantry, September 18, 1912 ; since that time has been with his regi- 
ment serving in Mexico and on the ''border." Member of Dutch Re- 
formed Church. Avocation, golf. Unmarried. Relatives among Rut- 
gers alumni, cousins, Corbins. Completed a trip around the world in 
1901 ; visited Honolulu, Japan, China, Manila, Singapore, Hong Kong, 
Columbia, Ceylon, Egypt, Sicily, Italy, Switzerland and France. 

FLOYD YARD PARSONS. 

Son of Rev. S. Parsons. Born August 7, 1875, at Bound Brook, N. J. 
Before entering college lived in Paterson, N. J., where he prepared at the 
high school. Member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Attended Rutgers, 
1893-95. One of the first five competitors of the Architectural Fellow- 
ship Examination at Cornell University. Received degree of B.Arch. 
(Cornell, 1898). He was connected with the New York architectural 



Class of 1897. TO 

firm of Gottlieb & Company, Presbyterian Building, Fifth Avenue, 1904- 
05. Married. Relatives among Rutgers alumni, brothers, Robert S. Par- 
sons '95, and Ralph B. Parsons '00. 

LOUIS PROVOST PEEKE. 

Son of Alonzo Paige Peeke, minister of the Gospel, and Deborah Par- 
ker Provost Peeke. Ancestors, on both paternal and maternal sides, 
fought in all the colonial and governmental wars. Born at Rhinebeck, 
N. Y., June 12, 1875. Lived, before entering college, Rhinebeck and Sar- 
atoga, N. Y.; DeKalb, 111.; Centerville, Mich.; East Millstone, N. J. 
Prepared for college in public schools of Michigan, and Rutgers College 
Preparatory School, 1881-92. Member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity; 
T N K; Glee Club; member of Student Committee on Government; 
Junior Orator; manager baseball team, 1896; vice president of Student 
Committee on Government, 1896 and 1897; captain class crew, 1895, 
1896; manager track team, 1896; vice president Y. M. C A., 1896-97; 
College Choir; editor-in-Chief Tar gum, first term, 1896-97; Second 
Spader Prize in Modern Historj^ ; delegate. Delta Upsilon National Con- 
vention, Boston, Mass., October, 1896. After graduation attended Mc- 
Cormick Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), 1897-1900. Ordained 
June 20, 1900, at Fond du Lac, Wis. ; licensed May 3, 1899, at Chicago, 
111. Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Fond du Lac, Wis, twelve 
years ; resigned to enter commercial pursuits. Secretary of the Harrison 
Postal Bag Rack Company, June 20, 1911-April 20, 1915. In April, 1915, 
elected junior councilman; assumed upon organization of the new Com- 
mission Government important branches of city affairs ; head of the pub- 
lic school system. Vice Mayor of Fond du Lac, April 19, 1915 ; reelected 
as councilman, April, 1917. Received degree, A.M. (Rutgers, 1900). 
Moderator Synod of Wisconsin; president of Board of Education, City 
of Fond du Lac. Member of the Presbyterian Church in the United 
States of America. Republican in Politics. Avocation, mechanics. Mar- 
ried on June 21, 1905, at Fond du Lac, Wis., Alice Harrison MacLean, 
daughter of Lachlan F. and Mary Manning Harrison MacLean. Chil- 
dren, Jessie Eloise, born March, 1906; Louis Lachlan, born Febraury 
3, 1910; Charles MacLean, born January 5, 1913. Relatives among Rut- 
gers alumni : uncle, George H. Peeke '57 ; father, Alonzo Paige Peeke '59. 
Publications, some newspaper and magazine articles. Member in good 
and regular standing of the Presbytery of Winnebago of the Presbyterian 
Church in the U. S. A., permitted by the vote of the Presbytery "to accept 
civil office" ; Knights of Pythias ; Masons ; Elks. 

NORMAN LEWIS POLAND. 

Son of M. L. Poland. Born January 29, 1874, at Brainard, Minn. 
Lived before entering college at Maiden, Ferguson County, Mont. Pre- 



28 Class of 1897. 

pared for college at New Jersey State Model School, Trenton, N. J. 
Member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Attended Rutgers 1893-94. Rela- 
tive among Rutgers alumni, brother, Rufus G. Poland '04. 

ROBERT BEALS FITZ RANDOLPH 

Son of Nathan H. Randolph. Born November 19, 1874, at Plainfield, 
N. J. Attended Plainfield High School. Member of Beta Theta Pi Fra- 
ternity. After leaving Rutgers in 1894 he studied mining engineering in 
Chicago, 111. Employed by Parsons Chemical Company, of Chicago, 1898. 
Went to Alaska, where he engaged in copper mining. Later became an 
engineer in Hugo, Ore. Married. 

HOWARD EGBERT REID. 

Deceased. 

Son of Elijah Mundy Reid, farmer, and Catherine Ann Rue Reid. 
Bom at Sweetmans Lane, Monmouth County, N. J., September 13, 1876. 
Prepared for college at Freehold High School, three years. Helped father 
on farm. Passed examination for free scholarship. First Lieutenant 
Rutgers Cadet Corps. First summer after graduating worked on father's 
farm, which he forsook to accept a position as teacher in a public school 
near Old Bridge, N. J. October, 1897, accepted position as chemist with 
the Lawrence Portland Cement Co., at Siegfried, Pa., where he remained 
sixteen years, or until his death; he was also a stockholder of the com- 
pany. He was highly respected as a business man and a friend. Avoca- 
tion, fishing and hunting. Married at his father's home, Sweetmans Lane, 
N. J., on May 8, 1901, to Laura Mae Vandersmith, of Lancaster, Pa. 
Relatives among Rutgers alimini, cousin, Carl R. Woodward '14; brother, 
Wendell P. Reid '10. He died at the age of thirty-eight, after three 
months of sickness. He bequeathed to the college $1,000 in memory of 
his brother, Wendell P. Reid, of the class of 1910, who was drowned, 
when eighteen years old, in the lake at College Farm, June 24, 1907. This 
bequest is called the Reid Memorial Fund, and the income is to be applied 
annauUy to aid or assist poor and worthy young men who desire to enter 
Rutgers College. 

FREDERIC FREDERIC ROEBER. 

Son of Gustavus Roeber. Born on December 27, 1872, in Sheboygan, 
Wis. Before entering college lived at 24 Monmouth street, Newark, N. J. 
Attended Rutgers Preparatory School in preparation for college. First 
Lieutenant Rutgers Cadet Corps. Some years after graduation he went 
west and engaged in railroad work. Civil engineer. No word has been 
received at the college from him for a number of years. 



Class of 1897. 29 

PAUL SCHUREMAN. 

Son of Irving C. Schureman, physician, and Mary E. Smith Schure- 
man. Born at Toms River, N. J., February 29, 1876. Lived at Toms 
River, where he prepared at the High School for college. Won Bradley 
Mathematical Prize in 1897. Residences since leaving college : Toms , 
River, N. J., 1897-99; Navesink, N. J., 1899-1903 ; Washington, D. C, 
1903 to date. Taught in public school, 1897-99; principal public school, 
1899-1903 ; computer. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1903 to 
date. Received degree B.Sc. (Rutgers, 1897). Master of Pentalpha 
Lodge, F. A. A. M., Washington, D. C, for the year 1913. Independent 
in politics. Married on July 14, 1914, at Washington, D. C, Lillian V. 
Hamann, of Washington, D. C. No children. Relative among Rutgers 
alumni, great, great grandfather, James Schureman, graduated 1773, 
afterwards a trustee and treasurer of the college. 

JOSEPH SCUDDER. 

Son of Silas Downer Scudder, medical missionary to India eleven 
years, and Marianna C. Conover Scudder. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
April 9, 1874. Resided, before entering college, in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 
Minneapolis, Minn. ; Lakewood, N. J. Prepared for college at Rutgers 
Preparatory School, 1890-93. Senior class orator; chairman Junior class 
"Prom"; varsity baseball team, four years; assistant manager varsity 
football team, 1896; manager, 1897; tennis championship, two years; 
member Delta Phi Fraternity. After leaving college lived at New York 
City, one year; Bayonne, N. J., six years; Zanesville, Ohio, two years; 
Passaic, N. J., ten years. Held positions as clerk, seven years ; secretary 
and treasurer of Realty & Security Company of New Jersey, Passaic, 
five years ; cashier. Bank of Nutley, N. J., seven years. Member of the 
Presbyterian Church, New York City. Republican in politics. Avoca- 
tion, tennis. Unmarried. Relatives among Rutgers alumni, father, S. D. 
Scudder; several uncles and cousins. 

FRANCIS AUGUSTUS SEIBERT. 

Born at Havana, 111., November 21, 1874. Before entering college 
lived at Garfield, N. J. Prepared for college at Collegiate School. Mem- 
ber Rutgers College Athletic Association ; Pipe Orator, Class Day. Grad- 
uated with degree of A.B. Attended New Brunswick Theological Semi- 
nary, three years. Recording Secretary Society of Inquiry of the Theo- 
logical Seminary, 1898. Licensed by Classis of New Brunswick, Re- 
formed Church in America, 1900 ; dismissed to Southern Classis of Long 
Island, ordained and installed pastor of the Ocean Hill Reformed Church, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., 1900-04; dismissed to Classis of Paramus and installed 
pastor of the Pascack Reformed Church, Park Ridge, N. J., 1904 — . 
Mayor of Park Ridge, 1914-15; reelected, 1916 — . Married Joseph- 
ine B. Miller, of Garfield, N. J., 1900. One child, a boy. 



30 Class of 1897. 

WALTON BLOODGOOD SELOVER. 

Son of W. Updyke Selover. Born August 13, 1876, at Rahway, N. J. 
Lived before entering college at Rahway, N. J. Prepared for college at 
Rutgers Preparatory School. Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Frater- 
nity. Lawyer. 

HERBERT AMZI SIGLER. 

Deceased. 

Son of Amzi A. Sigler. Born January 31, 1876, at Montclair, N. J. 
Prepared for college at Montclair High School. Attended Rutgers, 1893- 
94. Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. CoTporal of Company 
K, 2nd Regiment, New Jersey National Guard ; served with his regiment 
during the war with Spain. Unmarried. Died, at the age of twenty-five 
years, at his father's home, No. 50 North FuUerton avenue, Montclair, 
N. J., on July 6, 1900, from blood poisoning, brought about by throat 
trouble which required an operation. 

SHUBEL KELLIE SIVER 

Son of Edwin Siver. Born on August 10, 1873, at Guilderland, Al- 
bany County, N. Y. Before entering college lived in New Brunswick, 
N. J. Prepared at Rutgers Preparatory School. Attended Rutgers 
1893-1894. Married. In 1909 he was connected with the Productive 
Department of the General Electric Company, at which time he lived in 
Schenectady, N. Y. 

WILLIAM UNGER SMALL. 

Son of John Jacob Small, hatter and hat-block maker, and Ida Per- 
melia Meeker Small. Descended from Christian Small, reputed to have 
been born in Metz, Alsace. His son, George Small, married Sarah Cum- 
mings of Liverpool, daughter of an English sea captain, whose wife was 
a Spanish girl from Cadiz, Spain. George Small became an American 
sailor and was impressed into British service before the war of 1812. 
He was confined aboard the prison-ship "Dartmoor," where his wffe 
joined him. Their son, John J. Small was born on board the ship. He 
drew rations as an American prisoner from birth and died in 1893, the 
last survivor of the war of 1812. He was the grandfather of William 
Unger Small. His wife was of Colonial Dutch and English descent and 
her grandfather was Colonel Thiers of Tours, France, who was aide-de- 
camp to Lafayette and fought through the Revolution, Maternal ancestry 
is pure English and Welsh. The Meeker homestead at Lyons Farms, 
N. J., is still standing, a relic of the seventeenth century. Born on Janu- 
ary 7, 1876, Newark, N. J. Lived in Newark, N. J., before entering 
college. Prepared for college at Newark High School. Entered Rutgers 
in 1892 with the class of '96. From September, 1897, to September, 



Class of 1897. 31 

1898, everywhere west of Chicago, south of British Colombia, and north 
of Mexico City. Left Newark for Klondike in September, 1897. Got as 
far as the Columbia River, State of Washington. Was a "hobo" during 
this period. Lived everywhere in the states west of the Mississippi. 
Beat way, riding the brake-beam and blind-baggage, over about 20,000 
miles of American and Mexican railroads. During the period never had 
more than $5 or $10 in pocket. From September, 1898, to November, 
1900, was in Guadalajara, Mexico, and nearby towns. Taught English in 
private classes for first eight months ; engaged in a partnership enterprise 
with the Hardman Rubber Company, of Belleville, N. J., for sixteen 
months, during which time traveled along the west coast of Mexico in 
the states of Jalisco and Tepic, making contracts with the owners of 
forest lands for the export to New York of wild, crude rubber. From 
November, 1900, to February, 1903, was in Brazil in pursuit of wild 
rubber for the Hardman Rubber Company; made two voyages to the 
Amazon Valley, exploring many of its tributaries, camped out with wild 
men, fought fevers and mosquitoes; April, 1902, established at Port 
Alonzo, an incipient town which he helped to build on the imaginary 
boundary line between Brazil and Bolivia, where he built up a flourishing 
trading business, but the revolution of Placido de Castro (called the 
Acre Rubber War) broke this up; went through the horrors of the 
starving out of Port Alonzo during the last months of 1902 ; was among 
the 180 Bolivian troops in the trenches who defended this last stronghold 
when attacked during the eight day and night assaults delivered by 
the insurgents ; surrendered on January 18, 1903, and with six other non- 
Bolivian prisoners was condemned to be shot, but later pardoned, and 
reached New York in February, 1903. May, 1903, to May, 1906, was an 
epoch of disappointments, during which time tried to collect $15,000 
which the governments of Brazil and Bolivia owed him for losses suf- 
fered in the Acre territory from which he had been expelled ; residences 
during this period, La Paz, Bolivia; Rio Janeiro, Brazil; Valparaiso, 
Chili; cost of collection balanced the collections; during this period en- 
gaged in three desultory enterprises — a mining venture in copper in 
southern Peru — drove a herd of cattle from northern Argentine to the 
cattle markets of western Bolivia — engaged in a scheme for the acquisi- 
tion of titles to nitrate-lands in northern Chili ; reached New York, May, 
1906. From May, 1906, to May, 1907, tried to find work in New York 
with anybody doing business in Latin-American countries. May, 1907, 
to September, 1913, made connections with The Davies & Lawrence Co., 
manufacturing chemists, of New York ; for six years traveled over every 
district in southern Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, the West In- 
dies, the Guianas, and parts of Colombia; made a complete change of 
front on entering this firm's employ and began slowly to climb up the 
"golden stairs" ; returned to New York five times during the period. Sep- 
tember, 1913, to date, ended connection with The Davies & Lawrence 



n Class of 1897. 

Co. ; left New York in May, 1914, representing a group of American 
manufacturers as salesman in South and Central America; made good; 
still a salesman, but devoting most of time to historical research in all the 
lands conquered by the Spaniards and Portuguese; when finished with 
present trip, to Quito, Ecuador, about August, 1917, will settle down in 
the United States, and try to put into shape a chronological history of 
the building up of Spain's and Portugal's overseas empire during the 
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from data which he has been collect- 
ing for two years. Avocation, travel and histor\^ Publications, some news- 
paper articles in Spanish, which have never been translated. Fluent in 
the languages, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, and to a 
certain extent in the Quichua (Inca) of Peru, the Guarani of southern 
Brazil and Paraguay. 

EDGAR DE MOTT STRYKER. 

Deceased. 

Son of P. V. Z. Stryker. Born October 12, 1874, at Raritan, N. J. 
Prepared for college at the school of Professor Metz, in Somerville, 
N. J. Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; vice presi- 
dent Rutgers College Athletic Association ; Senior Captain Rutgers Cadet 
Corps ; Scarlet Letter editor, 1897 ; manager varsity baseball team, 1896 ; 
Junior and Senior Prom Committees; varsity football team, 1895-96; 
captain of scrub team, 1895 ; captain class football team. Senior year ; 
class crew ; hockey team ; polo team ; tennis club ; dormitory boxing club ; 
committee for first triennial banquet, 1897 ; delegate to D. K. E. Conven- 
tion, Nashville, Tenn., 1896; Sophomore society, Theta Nu Epsilon. 
After graduating from Rutgers with the degree of B.Sc. he studied 
medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, 
from which he graduated in 1901 with the degree of M.D. For six 
months he was connected with St. Joseph's Hospital at Yonkers, N. Y., 
and for eighteen months was House Surgeon of the General Memorial 
Hospital of New York City. House Surgeon, Sloane Maternity Hos- 
pital, New York City, 1903-04; medical official, The American Conces- 
sion, Korea, 1904-07; practiced his profession at Pinebush, N. Y., 1907- 
09; medical officer. The Suan Concession, Korea, 1909. Established a 
hospital for the Seoul Mining Company in Korea, where, it is estimated, 
he had supervised the treatment of nearly 70,000 patients. Avocation, 
hunting. On January 25, 1904, married Miss Anne Marcia Loud, of 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Rev. John B. Voorhees, D.D., '96, officiating. Children, 
Peter van Zandt Stryker, 2nd, born January 22, 1906 ; John Loud Stryker, 
born October 31, 1908. Relative among Rutgers alumni, brother-in-law, 
John C. Loud '95, member Orange County Medical Society; Sloane 
Alumni Society. The superstitious opposition to Dr. Stryker's work was 
very great. He was shot and killed by a crazy Japanese at the hospital at 
Holkol, near Suian, March 30, 1914. 



Class of 1897. 33 

WILLIAM SUTHERLAND. 

Deceased. 

Son of Eugene Sutherland. Born in New York City, September 29, 
1875. Prepared for college at Hasbrouck Institute, Jersey City, and was 
admitted to the class of 1897, Scientific Section, in 1893. Member of 
Delta Phi. First term of Junior year he suffered from declining health 
and was soon obliged to withdraw from college. Went to Saranac Lake, 
N. Y., May, 1896. The best medical treatment, extended traveling and 
home care failed to restore his health, and after eight months of suffer- 
ing and wasting strength, he died, at the age of twenty-one years, at 
Lake Saranac, N. Y., on December 8, 1896. Fimeral held from home of 
his parents, 21 Madison avenue, Jersey City, N. J., 8 o'clock, Saturday 
evening, December 12, 1896. The beautiful service was conducted by six 
ministers who had been the pastors or friends of the family. Buried on 
the banks of the Hudson, a little above Jersey City. He was a faithful 
and loving son, a firm friend and a devoted student. 

JAMES EATON TORREY. 

Son of Henry Fuller Torrey. Born on July 2, 1876, at Montclair, 
N. J., where he prepared for college at the Montclair High School. Mem- 
ber of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Attended Rutgers, 1893-95. 
Elected to membership in American Society of Civil Engineers in 1906. 
Civil engineer. 

HENRY LUDWIG ULRICH. 

Son of Peter Ulrich, coal dealer, also political officer in Newark, and 
Katherine Heinrick Ulrich. Born in Newark, N. J., March 29, 1876. 
Lived, before entering college, in Newark, N. J. Prepared for college at 
Newark High School. Captain of track team. Junior year; won first 
prize in boxing. After graduating from Rutgers entered Johns Hopkins 
Medical School, 1897, and graduated in 1901 with degree of M.D. Pro- 
fessor of Pathology, University of Dallas, Texas, 1901-02. Settled in 
Minneapolis, 1902. Practicing in Minneapolis; connected with the Uni- 
versity of Minneapolis, instructor in medicine; lecturer in parasitology; 
visiting physician to City Hospital ; physician to Eitel Hospital ; assistant 
professor of medicine; in 1907 spent six months abroad in Paris and 
London, studying in St. Mary's Hospital, London, England. Independ- 
ent in politics. Married in August, 1901, at Newburgh, N. Y., Dr. Mabel 
Simis, a graduate of Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1901. Children, 
Katherine, born July 3, 1902; Josephine, bom September 28, 1911 (twin 
of whom died seventeen days after birth). Publications: "A Simple 
Sanitary Tent" {St. Paul Medical Journal, August, 1904) ; "A Prelimi- 
nary Discussion of Workingmen's Insurance Against Tuberculosis" {St. 



34 Class of 1897. 

Paul Medical Journal, July, 1905) ; "A Talk on Poisons and Their Prac- 
tical Value" (Journal of Minnesota State Medical Association and The 
Northwestern Lancet, December 15, 1908) ; "A Test for Albumin in the 
Urine" (Ibid, February 15, 1909) ; "Vaccine Therapy in Genito-Urinary 
Diseases"; "On Vaccine Therapy, With Report of Cases"; "A Lecture 
on the Laboratory Methods in the Diagnosis of Syphilis"; "Phthalein 
Test in Group of Medical Cases"; "Vaccines and Vaccine Therapy"; 
"Some Notes on Hay-Fever"; "Auricular Fibrillation''; "Vaccine Ther- 
apy"; "Some Medical Aspects of Certain Mouth Infections"; "Blind 
Dental Abscess"; "Streptococcicosis." 

PERCIVAL VAN ORDEN. 

Son of Peter S. Van Orden, funeral director, and Mary Ann Hopper 
Van Orden. Born at Spring Valley, Rockland County, N. Y., April 16, 
1873. Resided before entering college at Spring Valley, N. Y. Prepared 
for college at Rutgers Preparatory School, three years. Attended Rut- 
gers College, two years. Won Graduation Prize for Oratory (Rutgers 
Prep) ; First Barbour Prize in Speaking, Freshman year ; First Myron 
Smith Memorial Prize for Declamation, Sophomore year. Was presi- 
dent of Freshman class ; captain of Freshman football team ; member of 
varsity football team; varsity baseball team; cadet sergeant Rutgers 
Cadet Corps, 1896; member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity. After leaving 
college lived at Spring Valley, N. Y., until 1901 ; since then at Suffern, 
N. Y. Funeral director; coroner in Rockland County, January, 1907, to 
January, 1913. Master of Ramapo Lodge, No. 589, F. & A. M., 1902. 
Member of the Presbyterian Church. Republican. Married on Febru- 
ary 21, 1900, at Spring Valley, N. Y., Anna A. Van Alstine, daughter of 
Philip and Ameha Haskell Van Alstine. Child, Mabel V. A. Van Orden, 
born Jime 29, 1903. Relatives among Rutgers alumni, John S. Van 
Orden '90, Frank M. Van Orden '93. 



JOHN STANLEY VERGA. 

Deceased. 

Son of Peter Clement Verga. Born March 8, 1876, at Camden, N. J. 
Prepared for college at the Camden Manual Training School. Was 
treasurer of Senior class ; second lieutenant, Rutgers Cadet Corps ; mem- 
ber of Philo ; in cast for Senior play. After graduating from the Scien- 
tific Section in 1897 he was employed as a civil engineer in Camden, and 
later became a member of a contracting firm. Received degree of M. Sc. 
(Rutgers, 1900). Was married in New Brunswick in sophomore year. 
He died at Collingswood, N. J., on December 15, 1900. 



Class of 1897. 35 

CHARLES POOL VOORHEES. 

Deceased. 

Son of Samuel S. Voorhees. Born at Mine Brook, N. J., April 7, 
1874. Before entering college lived at Far Hills, Somerset County, N. J. 
Prepared for college at Millington Academy. Member of Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity. Attended Rutgers, 1893-94. Had been a farmer at Mine 
Brook. Died from the grippe, at the age of twenty-six years, on January 
26, 1901, at Mine Brook, N. J. 

CHARLES WILLARD VOORHEES. 

Son of Samuel G. Voorhees, general storekeeper, and Jane Brokaw 
Voorhees. Born at Middlebush, N. J., February 29, 1876. Prepared for 
college at Rutgers Preparatory School. Member of Zeta Psi Fraternity ; 
Rutgers College Athletic Association, and editor-in-chief of '97 Scarlet 
Letter. Residences since leaving college, Middlebush, N. J., 1897-1901 ; 
Sioux Falls, S. D., 1901-05 ; Alberta, Canada, from 1905 to date. Farm- 
ing in Canada. Married Anna T. Strand on August 23, 1904, at Luverne, 
Minn., and has two children, Helen Marion, born November 3, 1905, and 
Magdalen, bom September 20, 1907. Relative among Rutgers alumni, 
brother, John H. Voorhees '88. 

ANDREW JUDSON WALTER. 

Son of John B. and Adeline Elizabeth Hoover Walter. Born at War- 
rington, Bucks County, Pa., April 12, 1869. Before entering college 
lived on father's farm in Warrington, Pa. Prepared for college at West 
Chester Normal School, 1885-86; Doylestown Classical Academy, 1883- 
84; Ursinus Academy, 1890-92; Rutgers Preparatory School, 1893. Won 
Philosophy Prize, 1895; member of Philo; Rutgers College Athletic 
Association ; treasurer and president of the Y. M. C. A. ; superintendent 
of Bethel Mission; won two bronze medals, second in mile race. After 
leaving college attended New Brimswick Theological Seminary, three 
years. Licensed by the Classis of New Brunswick, May, 1900; ordained 
and installed as pastor of the Gallatin Reformed Church, Columbia 
County, N. Y., May 25, 1900-1902; pastor of Harlingen Reformed 
Church, Harlingen, N. J., 1902-10; pastor Fourth Reformed Church, 
Philadelphia, Pa., 1910-12; pastor Addesville Reformed Church, Rich- 
boro. Pa., 1912 to date. Received degree of A.M. (Rutgers, 1900). 
Stated Clerk, Classis of Philadelphia. Independent Democrat. Avoca- 
tion, tennis and automobiling. Married on June 6, 1900, at Wissahicken, 
Philadelphia, Pa., Flora Meyer Beard, daughter of Abraham W. and 
Sarah A. Meyer Beard. Children, Robert Merrill, born August 25, 1902 ; 
Andrew Judson, 2nd, born October 8, 1904; Miriam Elizabeth, born 
October 1, 1906; Francis Austin, born December 28, 1910. Published 
several poems and hymns. 



36 Class of 1897. 

JOHN ALFRED WILSON. 

Son of James Young Wilson, president The Wilson Stone Co., The 
Plainfield Trap Rock Co., The Independent Ice Co., and Sarah Frances 
Stillman Wilson, deceased, March 31, 1899. Born at Plainfield, N. J., 
October 21, 1875. Lived at Plainfield and Dunellen, N. J., before entering 
college. Prepared for college at Plainfield High School, 1892. Awarded 
Stillman Prize in Mathematics, senior year at high school. Member of 
Philo; Y. M. C. A.; Rutgers College Athletic Association; Rutgers Col- 
lege Cadet Corps; vice president of Philo, second term. Senior year; 
first prize chess toiurnament, Jimior year; second prize mile run, '97 v. 
'96; third prize mile bicycle, '97 v. '96. After leaving college lived at 
Dunellen, N. J., 1897-1900; New Brunswick, 1900-03; Dunellen, 1903- 
06; Newark, 1906-11; Dunellen, 1911 to date. Summer after graduation 
spent in New England; fall spent in a factory enterprise in New Bruns- 
wick ; dturing winter traveled in the South ; accepted a position as teacher 
in Maple Grove School, Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, N. J., 
1898-99; principal of Milltown Borough Schools, 1899-1901; principal 
Highland Park Public School, 1901-93 ; supervising principal Piscataway 
Township Public Schools, 1903-05 ; principal Public School No. 16, Pat- 
erson, N. J., 1905-06 ; appointed principal Oliver Street Grammar School, 
Newark, N. J., 1906; now principal of Carteret Public Grammar School, 
Newark, N. J. Received degree of M.Sc. (Rutgers, 1905). For three 
years associate editor of The School Exchange, published by Public 
School Principals' Association of Newark, N. J.; vice president of the 
Association; number of years vice president of The Weequahic Park 
Building and Loan Association of Newark; trustee Piscataway Seventh 
Day Baptist Church, 1912 to date; member of Dimellen Council, 1912; 
president of PubUc School Principals' Association, 1914-15. Member of 
Baptist Church since 1891. Democrat. Avocation, gardening. Married 
on August 15, 1900, at New Market, N. J., Elizabeth E. Boice, daughter 
of Luther and Hattie Dunn Boice. Children, Marion Frances, born June 
30, 1902 (died March 16, 1916) ; Austin Douglas, born November 30, 
1904. 

GEORGE RANDOLPH WOODEN. 

Born at Jerseyville, 111., September 14, 1870. Before entering college 
lived at South Plainfield, N. J. Prepared for college at Rutgers Prepara- 
tory School, 1893. Pursued Scientific Course at Rutgers, 1893-94. Farmer 
in Lambertville, N. J. 

JACOB VAN ZANDT WYCKOFF 

Son of Peter Garretson, principal of Bayonne Public School, and 
Lizzie Sanford Wyckoff. Paternal ancestry Dutch. Born at Port 



Class of 1897. 37 

Richmond, N. Y. Before entering college lived at Port Richmond, N. Y. ; 
Bayonne, Plainfield, Roselle, Elizabeth, N. J. Member of Delta Upsilon 
Fraternity. After leaving college lived at Los Angeles, California. 
Taught Spanish ; was in express business ; secretary U. S. Public Health 
and Marine Hospital Service. Married. Relatives among Rutgers 
alumni: uncle, John H. Wyckoff 71 ; uncle, Garrett Wyckoff '81. 



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CLASS LIST AND ADDRESSES. 



CLASSICAL SECTION. 



Clifford Philip Case, A.M., D.D., Rev., 

William Gurley Ccx)k, 

Frank Hamilton Dobson, A.M., LL.B., 

Richard Lounsbery Eltinge, A.M., M.D., 

Alfred Erickson, A. M., Rev., 

Drew Wyckoff Hageman, 

Charles Meeks Mason, A.M., LL.B., 

Andrew John Meyer, A.M., Rev., 

Louis Provost Peeke, A.M., Rev., 

Joseph Scudder, 

Francis Augustus Seibert, Rev., 

Charles Willard Voorhees, 

Andrew Judson Walter, A.M., Rev., 



265 Mill St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

612 Fifth Ave., Troy, N. Y. 

238 Bradbury Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. 

Alpoca, W. Va. 

Phelps, Ky. 

34 Nassau St., New York City. 

31 CUnton St., Newark, N. J. 

15 Himrod St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

249 E. 2d St., Fond du Lac, Wis. 

115 PauUson Ave., Passaic, N. J. 

Park Ridge, N. J. 

Sedgewick, Alberta, Canada. 

Richboro, Penn. 



Wilham Burton Collier, M.D., Littleton Hospital, Littleton, Col. 

Frederick Wilham De Hart, 52 Chester Ave., Newark, N. J. 

Carl John Heyser, LL.B., 28 Bradford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

♦Joseph Augustus Johnston, 
Fletcher Van Wie Lehman, Rev. Delmar, N. Y. 

Shubel KeUie Siver, 

Bayard St., Care of Mr. Milton E. Ross, New Brunswick, N. J. 
Jacob Van Zandt Wyckoff, 



SCIENTIFIC SECTION. 



James Edward Ashmead, M.Sc, LL.B., 
Frederick Harvey Blodgett, M.Sc, Ph.D., 
George Washington Brown, 
John Neilson Carpender, Jr., 
Raymond Van Arsdale Carpenter, M.Sc, 



Prudential Bldg., Newark, N. J 

College Station, Texas, 

Keyport, N. J 

New Brunswick, N. J 

33 Manning Ave., Plainfield, N. J 



Morrison Crosby Colyer 
♦Ralph Brewster Corbin, 
George Stanley Ferguson, 
W^ilson Warren Fowler, A.M., 
Thomas Ezekiel Gravatt, 
Hugh Haddow, Jr., 
Samuel Lawrence Harding, M.Sc, 
Charles Lippincott Hoopes, D.O., 
Lewis Gaston Leary, A.M., Ph.D., 
Seymour De Witt Ludlum, M.D., 
Henry Marelli, M.Sc, 
John Mahlon Mills, M.Sc, 
William James Morrison, Jr., M.Sc, LL.B. 
James Br>'an Noe, 



M.Sc, LL.B., Firemen's Insurance Bldg., Newark, N. 



711 Mattison Ave., Asbury Park, N. J, 

Cedarlands, Parksville, S. C 

250 S. Allen St., State College, Penn, 

Rockaway, N. J 

515 N. Stone Ave., LaGrange, 111 

218 King's Hghy., East, Haddonfield, N, J 

Rev. Pelham Manor, N. Y, 

216 South 15th St„ Philadelphia, Penn, 



Second National Bank Building, Paterson, N. 

Morristown, N. 

Ridgefield Park, N. 

347 Union Ave., Elizabeth, N. 



George Augustus Osborn, 
Ralph Brewster Parrott, Capt., 
♦Howard Egbert Reid, 
Frederic Frederic Roeber, 



Rutgers College Library, New Brunswick, N, 
War Dept., Washington, D. 



24 Monmouth St., Newark, N. J. 



Class of 1897. 



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Paul Schureman, 

William linger Small, 
♦Edgar deMott Stryker, M.Sc, 

Henry Ludwig Ulrich, M.D., 
♦John Stanley Verga, M.Sc, 

John Alfred Wilson, M.Sc, 



Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D. C. 
413 Summer Ave., Newark, N. J. 
M.D., 

420 Syndicate Building, Minneapolis, Minn. 

Dunellen, N. J. 



Charles Ferdinand Brenn, 

James Francis Briody, M.D., 

Hubert Mills Chester, 

David Abraham Conover, 

Albert Berdan Craft, 

Julius LeMoyne Banner, Jr., 

Gerard John Diehl, D.D.S., 1 

Mahlon William Ernst, 

Orrie Watson Flavelle, 

Charles Henry Goff, 

George Eddy Heath, 

Alfred Charles MacDonald, 

David Herbert McBride, 

Roger Myers, 

George Oliver Nelson, 

Arthur Edmund Owen, 

Floyd Yard Parsons, B.Arch. (Cornell) 

Norman Lewis Poland, 

Robert Beals Fitz Randolph. 

Walton Bloodgood Selover, LL.B., 
♦Herbert Amzi Sigler, 
♦William Sutherland, 

James Eaton Torrey, 

Percival Van Orden, 
♦Charles Pool Voorhees, 

George Randolph Wooden, 



385 Main St., Paterson, N. J 

51 Park St., Buffalo, N. Y 

3314 N. Park Ave., Philadelphia, Penn 

Cranford, N. J 

Forest Park, Larchmont, N. Y 

rue Longue des Pierres, Ghent, Belgium 

Toms River, N. J 

35 Dover St., Newark, N. J 

36 Pine St., Binghamton, N. Y 

P. O. Box 810, Manila, P. I 

Trenton, N. J 

45 York St., Bridgeton, N. J 

582 South Orange Ave., Newark, N. J 

81 Grove St., Montclair, N. J 
108 East 39th St., Paterson, N. J 
Lewistown, Mont 

Rahway, N. J. 



612 East 26th St., Paterson, N. J. 
Suffern, N. Y. 



Lambertville, N. J. 



♦Deceased. 



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